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    This document summarizes the major phonetic features of Cantonese consonants. It includes a table that categorizes consonants according to their place and manner of articulation. The table shows that Cantonese consonants can be classified as labial, coronal, or dorsal in place, and as plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, liquids or glides in manner. The document also lists binary features such as voiced, spread glottis, and anterior that further distinguish the phonetic properties of Cantonese consonants.

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    This document summarizes the major phonetic features of Cantonese consonants. It includes a table that categorizes consonants according to their place and manner of articulation. The table shows that Cantonese consonants can be classified as labial, coronal, or dorsal in place, and as plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, liquids or glides in manner. The document also lists binary features such as voiced, spread glottis, and anterior that further distinguish the phonetic properties of Cantonese consonants.

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    Features of Cantonese Consonants

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    This document summarizes the major phonetic features of Cantonese consonants. It includes a table that categorizes consonants according to their place and manner of articulation. The table shows that Cantonese consonants can be classified as labial, coronal, or dorsal in place, and as plosives, affricates, fricatives, nasals, liquids or glides in manner. The document also lists binary features such as voiced, spread glottis, and anterior that further distinguish the phonetic properties of Cantonese consonants.

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    Features of Cantonese consonants

    p ph t th k kh kw kwh ts tsh f s h m n ŋ l w j
    Major class features
    Consonantal + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + - -
    [±cons]
    Sonorant - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + + + +
    [±son]
    Approximant - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + +
    [±approx]
    Laryngeal features
    Voice [±voice] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
    Spread glottis - + - + - + - + - + - - + - - - - - -
    [±s.g.]
    Manner features
    Continuant - - - - - - - - - - + + + - - - + + +
    [±cont]
    Nasal [±nasal] - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + - - -
    Lateral [±lat] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + - -
    Strident - - - - - - - - + + + + - - - - - - -
    [±strid]
    Place features
    LABIAL ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
    Round - - + + - - +
    [±round]
    Labiodentals - - - - + - -
    [±labiodental]
    CORONAL ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
    Anterior [±ant] + + - - + + + -
    Distributed - - + + - - - +
    [±distr]
    Grooved - - + + + - - -
    [±groove]
    DORSAL ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
    High [±high] + + + + + + +
    Low [±low] - - - - - - -
    Back [±back] + + + + + + -
    Plosives Affricates Fricatives Nasal Liquid Glides
    Obstruents Sonorants

    Prepared by Eddy C. H. WONG, Nov 2021

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