Phonetics

PHONETICS

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According to the place of articulation - where in the mouth and throat the sound is produced - the consonants are - Bilabial, labiodentical, dental/interdental, alveolar, alveo-palatal, palatal, velar, glottal.

👉 Bilabial
Bilabial consonants are those consonants which are produced by using both lips. Some of the bilabial consonants are, /p/, /b/, /m/ and so on.

👉Labiodentical
Labiodentical consonants are those consonants which are produced by using the lower lip and upper teeth. Some of the labiodentical consonants are, /f/, /v/.

👉Dental/Interdental
Dental/Interdental consonants are those consonants which are produced between the teeth as in - Think /Th/ produced between the teeth.

👉Alveolar
Alveolar consonants are those consonants which are produced by the ridge behind the upper teeth. Some of the alveolar consonants are, /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /n/, /l/, /r/.

👉Alveo-palatal
Alveolar-palatal consonants are those who are avaliable between the alveo ridge and hard palate as in Charge.

👉Palatal
It's a hard palatal of the mouth. In English, the commonest example WRT this is /j/.

👉Velar
It's a soft palate of the mouth. In English, the commonest examples are /k/, /g/.

👉Glottal
In English, the glottal consonant is deeper. The commonest example of this is /h/. It's deeper when it's produced.