Phonetic Descriptions of American English Consonant Phonemes

[p]

Voiceless bilabial stop

[b]

Voiced bilabial stop

[t]

Voiceless alveolar stop

[d]

Voiced alveolar stop

[k]

Voiceless velar stop

[g]

Voiced velar stop

[m]

Voiced bilabial nasal

[n]

Voiced alveolar nasal

[ŋ]

Voiced velar nasal

[f]

Voiceless labiodental fricative

[v]

Voiced labiodental fricative

[θ]

Voiceless interdental fricative

[ð]

Voiced interdental fricative

[s]

Voiceless alveolar fricative

[z]

Voiced alveolar fricative

[ʃ]

Voiceless postalveolar fricative

[ʒ]

Voiced postalveolar fricative

[h]

Voiceless glottal fricative

[ʧ]

Voiceless postalveolar affricate

[ʤ]

Voiced postalveolar affricate

[ɹ]

Voiced alveolar approximant

[l]

Voiced alveolar lateral approximant

[w]

Voiced labiovelar approximant

[j]

Voiced palatal approximant