Consonant

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Bilabial nasal (/m/): Made by stopping airflow with your lips and letting sound
resonate through your nose. Example: "man"
2. Alveolar nasal (/n/): Made by touching your tongue tip to the ridge behind your
upper front teeth and letting sound resonate through your nose. Example: "net"
3. Labial plosive (unvoiced) (/p/): Made by briefly stopping airflow with your lips
and then releasing suddenly. Example: "pat"
4. Labial plosive (voiced) (/b/): Similar to /p/ but with vocal cords vibrating,
creating a voiced sound. Example: "bat"
5. Alveolar plosive (unvoiced) (/t/): Made by briefly stopping airflow with your
tongue tip and the ridge behind your upper front teeth, then releasing suddenly.
Example: "ten"
6. Alveolar plosive (voiced) (/d/): Similar to /t/ but with vocal cords vibrating.
Example: "den"
7. Velar plosive (unvoiced) (/k/): Made by briefly stopping airflow with the back of
your tongue and soft palate, then releasing suddenly. Example: "key"
8. Velar plosive (voiced) (/g/): Similar to /k/ but with vocal cords vibrating.
Example: "go"
9. Labiodental fricative (unvoiced) (/f/): Made by pushing air through a narrow
opening between your upper front teeth and lower lip, creating a hissing sound.
Example: "fin"
10. Labiodental fricative (voiced) (/v/): Similar to /f/ but with vocal cords vibrating.
Example: "vine"
11. Alveolar fricative (unvoiced) (/s/): Made by pushing air through a narrow
opening between your tongue tip and the ridge behind your upper front teeth,
creating a hissing sound. Example: "sun"
12. Alveolar fricative (voiced) (/z/): Similar to /s/ but with vocal cords vibrating.
Example: "zebra"
13. Dental fricative (unvoiced) (/θ/): Made by pushing air through a narrow opening
between your tongue tip and your upper front teeth, creating a breathy sound.
Example: "thin"
14. Dental fricative (voiced) (/ð/): Similar to /θ/ but with vocal cords vibrating.
Example: "the"
15. Postalveolar fricative (unvoiced) (/ʃ/): Made by pushing air through a narrow
opening between your tongue tip and the area just behind the ridge behind your
upper front teeth, creating a hushing sound. Example: "ship"
16. Postalveolar fricative (voiced) (/ʒ/): Similar to /ʃ/ but with vocal cords vibrating.
Example: "measure"
17. Alveolopalatal affricate (unvoiced) (/tʃ/): Made by briefly stopping airflow with
your tongue tip and the ridge behind your upper front teeth, then quickly
releasing into a /ʃ/ sound. Example: "church"
18. Alveolopalatal affricate (voiced) (/dʒ/): Similar to /tʃ/ but with vocal cords
vibrating at the beginning. Example: "judge"
19. Glottal fricative (/h/): Made by pushing air through a narrow opening between
your vocal cords, creating a breathy sound. Example: "hat"
20. Velar nasal (/ŋ/): Made by touching the back of your tongue to the soft palate
and letting sound resonate through your nose. Example: "sing"
21. Lateral approximant (/l/): Made by placing the tip of your tongue behind your
upper front teeth and letting air flow out the sides of your tongue. Example: "light"
22. Bilabial approximant (/w/): Made by rounding your lips and letting air flow
through them, creating a voiced sound. Example: "wet"
23. Alveolar approximant (/ɹ/): Made by curling the tip of your tongue back towards
your alveolar ridge and letting air flow out the sides of your tongue. Example:
"red"
24. Semi-vowel (/j/): Similar to /i/ but shorter and without full vowel articulation.
Example: "yes"

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