Consonants

Definition

Is a sound that is made when the airflow is blocked by either your lips or your tongue. It is a solid block which with we construct words, phrases and sentences.

/tʃ/

Voiceless, palatal, affricate

Catch

/dʒ/

Voiced, palatal, affricate

Juice

/m/

Voiced, bilabial, nasal

Mushroom

/n/

Voiced, alveolar, nasal

Night

/ŋ/

Voiced, velar, nasal

Enjoying

/l/

Voiced, alveolar, liquids

Large

/r/

Voiced, alveolar, liquids

Around

/w/

Voiced, bilabial, semivowel/glide

Award

/hw/

Voiceless, bilabial, semivowel/glide

Who

/y/

Voiced, palatal, semivowel/glide

Usually

/h/

Voiceless, glottal, fricative

Ohio

Alophones

Aspirated

[pʰ]

Police

[kʰ]

Cow

[tʰ]

Train

Final position (unreleased)

[p°]

Trap

[k°]

Desk

[t°]

Secret

[b°]

Bomb

[d°]

Bed

[g°]

Drug

[ɫ]

Voiced, velar, liquids

Tall

[l̩]

People

[ʔn̩]

Mountain

[ɾ]

Louder

[n̩]

Even

/p/

Voiceless, bilabial, Stop

Opportunity

/b/

Voiced, bilabial, stop

Trouble

/t/

Voiceless, alveolar, stop

Attention

/d/

Voiced, alveolar, stop

Addition

/k/

Voiceless, velar, stop

Taking

/g/

Voiced, velar, stop

Arguing

/f/

Voiceless, labiodental, fricative

Fortune

/v/

Voiced, labiodental, fricative

Vowel

/ð/

Voiced, dental, fricative

They

/θ/

Voiceless, dental, fricative

Thanks

/s/

Voiceless, alveolar, fricative

Student

/z/

Voiced, alveolar, fricative

Brazil

/ʃ/

Voiceless, palatal, fricative

Wish

/ʒ/

Voiced, palatal, fricative

Pleasure