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by Sebastian Caicedo 6 years ago

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English Plosives Sounds

Plosive sounds in English are categorized into voiceless and voiced groups. Voiceless plosives include the sounds /k/, /p/, and /t/, which can be further divided based on whether they are aspirated, unaspirated, or unreleased.

English Plosives Sounds

English Plosives Sounds

Features

Mainly produced in these places
Alveolar Ridge
Lips
Velar Region
Produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract

Voiceless Plosives

/k/

Velar Stop

/t/

Alveolar Tap

Alveolar

Alveolar Stop

/p/
Unrealeased
Unaspirated
Aspirated

Voiced Plosives

/g/
Velar Stop
/d/
Alveolar Tap
Alveolar Stop
/b/
Bilabial Stop