Consonants Linguistics Table

Linguistics Exam 2

What are the different manners of articulation?

• stop

• ficative

• affricate

• flap

• nasal

• lateral liquid

• retroflex liquid

• glide

What are the different places of articulation?

• bilabial

• labiodental

• interdental

• alveolar

• postalveolar

• palatal

• velar

• glottal

What are the states of the glottis?

• voiced

• voiceless

Which sounds include a stop articulation?

[p] ; [b] ; [t] ; [d] ; [k] ; [g] ; [ʔ]

Which sounds include a fricative articulation?

[f] ; [v]; [θ] ; [ð] ; [s] ; [z] ; [ʃ] ; [ʒ] ; [h]

Which sounds include an affricate articulation?

[ʧ] ; [dʒ] 

Which sounds include a flap atriculation?

[ɾ]

Which sounds include a nasal articulation?

[m] ; [n] ; [ŋ]

Which sounds include a lateral liquid articulation?

[l]

Which sounds include a retroflex liquid articulation?

[ɹ]

Which sounds include a glide articulation?

[w] ; [w̥] ; [j]

Which sounds are bilabial?

[p] ; [b] ; [m] ; [w] ; [w̥]

Which sounds are labiodental?

[f] ; [v]

Which sounds are interdental?

[θ] ; [ð]

Which sounds are alveolar?

[t] ; [d] ; [s] ; [z] ; [ɾ] ; [n] ; [l] ; [ɹ]

Which sounds are postalveolar?

[ʃ] ; [ʒ] ; [ʧ] ; [dʒ]

Which sounds are palatal?

[j]

Which sounds are velar?

[k] ; [g] ; [ŋ]

Which sounds are glottal?

[ʔ] ; [h]

What does bilabial mean?

literally: two lips; linguistics: lips coming together

What does labiodental mean?

literally: lips and teeth; linguistics: made with both the lips and teeth

What does interdental mean?

literally: between the teeth; linguistics: tongue between the teeth

What does alveolar mean?

literally: the bony ridge that contains the sockets of the upper teeth; linguistics: tongue is right behind the teeth on the alveolar ridge

What does postalveolar mean?

literally: right behind the alveolar; linguistics: middle of the tongue on the middle region of the roof of mouth

What does palatal mean?

literally: behind the postalveolar; linguistics: just further back from postalveolar

What does velar mean?

literally: velum or the soft palate in your mouth, behind the palatal plate; linguistics: the back of the tongue to the velum at the back of the roof of the mouth

What does glottal mean?

literally: space between vocal cords; linguistics: when saying a word, hearing a stoppage of sound

[p]

voiceless; stop; bilabial

[b]

voiced; stop; bilabial

[t]

voiceless; stop; alveolar

[d]

voiced; stop; alveolar

[k]

voiceless; stop; velar

[g]

voiced; stop; velar

[ʔ]

voiceless; stop; glottal

[f]

voiceless; fricative; labiodental

[v]

voiced; fricative; labiodental

[θ]

voiceless; fricative; interdental

[ð]

voiced; fricative; interdental

[s]

voiceless; fricative; alveolar

[z]

voiced; fricative; alveolar

[ʃ]

voiceless; fricative; postalveolar

[ʒ]

voiced; fricative; postalveolar

[h]

voiceless; fricative; glottal

[ʧ]

voiceless; affricate; postalveolar

[dʒ]

voiced; affricate; postalveolar

[ɾ]

voiced; flap; alveolar

[m]

voiced; nasal; bilabial

[n]

voiced; nasal; alveolar

[ŋ]

voiced; nasal; velar

[l]

voiced; lateral liquid; alveolar

[ɹ]

voiced; retroflex liquid; alveolar

[w̥]

voiceless; glide; bilabial

[w]

voiced; glide; bilabial

[j]

voiced; glide; palatal