Bilabial Labiodental Dental Aveolar Post-aveolar Palato Palatal Velar Glottal

aveolar
Upper lip Upper teeth + Tongue Alveolar Tip of the tongue Alveolar Middle Back Vocal
+ lower lower lip + teeth ridge + approaches the ridge + part of part of cords
lip tongue aveolar area in hard the the
approximately the palate + tongue tongue
way it would for /t/ tongue + hard + soft
and /d/ but never palate palate
actually makes
contact with any
part of the roof of
the mouth
Stop/ The airstream is /p/ - /t/ - /k/ -
plosive COMPLETELY STOPPED /b/ + /d/ + /g/ +
& SUDDENLY RELEASED
Fricative The airstream is /f/ - /θ/- /s/ - /ʃ/- /h/ -
PARTIALLY STOPPED & /v/ + /ð/+ /z/ + /ʒ/+
GRADUALLY RELEASED
Affricate The airstream is /tʃ/-
COMPLETELY STOPPED /dʒ/+
& GRADUALLY
RELEASED
Nasal The airstream goes through /m/ + /n/ + /ŋ/+
the nose
Lateral The airstream goes out by /l/ +
both side of the tongue
approximant Articulation in which /w/ + /r/ + /j/ +
articulators approach each
other but do not get
sufficiently close to each
other to produce a “complete:
consonant such as a plosive or
fricative