Classification of

consonant sounds
Phonemic chart
According to the active organs of speech

Labial

Lingual

Glottal
Labial

Bilabial
/p/, /b/, /m/, /w/

Labio-dental
/f/,/v/
 Lingual

Forelingual ᶿ
•/ /,/ᶞ/,/t/,/d/,/s/,/z/,/ᶘ/,/ᶚ/, /tᶘ/, /dᶚ/, /n/, /l/, /r/

Mediolingual
• /j/

• /k/, /g/, /ᵑ/

Backlingual
Glottal
Glottal consonants /h/
According to the manner of the production
of noise
According to the work of the vocal cords

Voiceless

Voiced
According to the force of articulation

Strong Weak
According to the position of the soft palate

Oral

Nasal