british consonants and vowels

consonants:

[p] - voiceless, bilabial, plosive

b] - voiced, bilabial, plosive

[t] - voiceless, alveolar, plosive

[d] - voiced, alveolar, plosive

[k] - voiceless, velar, plosive

[ɡ] - voiced, velar, plosive

[tʃ] - voiceless, postalveolar, affricate

[dʒ] - voiced, postalveolar, affricate

[m] - voiced, bilabial, nasal

[n] - voiced, alveolar, nasal

[ŋ] - voiced, velar, nasal

[f] - voiceless, labiodental, fricative

[v] - voiced, labiodental, fricative

[θ] - voiceless, dental, fricative

[ð] - voiced, dental, fricative

[s] - voiceless, alveolar, fricative

[z] - voiced, alveolar, fricative

[ʃ] - voiceless, postalveolar, fricative

[ʒ] - voiced, postalveolar, fricative

[ɹ] - voiced, retroflex, approximant

[j]- voiced, palatal, approximant

[w] - voiced, labial + velar, approximant

[l] - voiced, alveolar, lateral approximant

[h] - voiceless, glottal, fricative

vowels

 

/i:/ - long, high, unrounded, front

/ɪ/ - short, mid-high, unrounded, front

/e/ - short, mid, unrounded, front

/æ/ - short, low, unrounded, front

/a:/ - long, low, neutral, back

/ɒ/ - short, mid-low, rounded, back

/ɔː/ - long, mid, rounded, back

/ʊ/ - short, mid-high, rounded, back

/ʌ/ - short, mid-low, neutral, central

/ə/ - weak, mid, neutral, central

/u:/ - long, high, fully rounded, back

/ɜː/ - long, mid, neutral/ undefined, central

/i/ - weak, high, unrounded, front

/u/ - weak high rounded back

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definitions

  • DIPHTHONG - a sound involving a movement or glide from one vowel to another
  • CARDINAL VOWELS [introduced by Jones (1967)] – a component of a vowel classification system which is independent of the vowel system of a particular language (Roach 1992).
  • POA – where the airstream is obstructed   or where articulators meet
  • MOA - how the airstream is obstructed   * STOPS (complete closure
  • semi VOWELS - a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant, as (w) in wet or (j) in yet.

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