CONSONAT POSITIONS
BILABIAL: Made with the lips."B"
Eg: Bed-Boy-brother-Bus
DENTAL: Made with the tip of the tongue and the top teeth "TH"
Eg.Thing-Booth-month-healthy
POST-ALVEOLAR: Made with the tip of the tongue and the are just behind where the “alveolar” consonats are pronounced. "SH"
Eg. Short-Shobby-Show-she
PALATAL: Made with the tongue and the palate "y"
Eg. Yes-yellow-union,univercity
GLOTTAL: Made with the glottis. In essence glottal consonants are made with the throat.
Eg. Hat-Hot-Hill-horror
LABIODENTAL: Made with the bottom lip and the top teeth. "V"
Eg: Very-Victorious-Vocal-volume
ALVEOLAR: Made with the tip of the tongue and te area just behind the top teeth"t"
Eg. Tom-Time-tip-ton
RETROFLEX: Made with the tip of the tongue curved backward behind the alveolar ridge. "r" (Mostly dialects of American English)
Eg. Run-Ronald-Rockstar-Red
MANNER OF ARTICULATION
TAP OR FLAP: Basically like it sounds. The consonant is made with the tongue quickly “tapping” some part of the mouth.
Eg. The “t” in better-butter-beat The “r” in Spanish -cara
LATERAL APPROXIMANT:
Made with the tip of the tongue placed against the top teeth, and air coming out the small space between the sides of the tongue and the top of the mouth.
Eg. “l” in lake-long-like-less
VELAR:Made with the back of the tongue and the velum (the back of the mouth). "C"
Eg. Cat-cut-cube-corn
NASAL: Made with the back of the mouth closing up so that air passes through the nasal cavity
Eg. "n" Nose-Neck- "m" Me- men
FRICATIVE: Made by closing some part of the mouth or vocal tract and pushing air through a small opening.
Eg. The “f” in “free-fresh from,” “s” in “silly”
PLOSIVE: Part of the vocal tract or mouth is closed, then air is released with a sharp burst
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EG."P" in Pet- Pen "T" in Tom- Ten
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