SPEECH

ORGAN

Uzma Bashir
Speech Organ
 Large and complex structure of muscles that
can produce changes in the vocal tract.
 Articulators and articulatory phonetics.
Teeth
 The tip of the tongue helps to produce /t, d, z,
etc.
 Sounds made with the tongue touching the front
teeth are called dental.
Pharynx
 It is a tube which is being to just above the
larynx.
 7cm long in women, 8cm In men.
 At the top end it is divided into two,
 One part goes to back of the mouth,
 Other goes to nasal cavity.
Lips

 The upper lip and lower lip help to produce

bilabial sounds /p, b, m/.
 They can spread, press together brought into
contact with teeth or rounded.
 Lip to teeth contact are called labiodental.
(F,V)
 Rounded to produce lip shape for vowel. E.g:
u
Tongue
 It can move into different places and shapes to
produce different type of sounds.
• Hard ridge behind upper front teeth.
• It is between the roof of the mouth and
the upper teeth.
• T, D
Hard palatal
 Also Known as the roof of the mouth.
 The sound produce by this speech organ are
called palatal voices.
Velum
 The lose hanging and of the soft palate.
 It is the part that allows air to pass though the
nose and the mouth.
 K, G
Nasal Cavity
 Some sounds are produce by nasal cavity and
are called nasal sounds.
 m, n, ng