DESCRIBING CONSONANTS

r

In Phonetics and Phonology we have three main criteria to describe consonants in the IPA of the English language.

Place of Articulation

Bilabial sounds

Labio dental sounds

Dental sounds

Alveolar sounds

Post-Alveolar sounds

Palatal sounds

Velar sounds

Glottal sounds

Manner of Articulation

Plosive sounds

Fricative sounds

Affricate sounds

Nasal sounds

Lateral sounds

Approximant sounds

Voicing

Voiced sounds

Voiceless sounds