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- ə
- Mid-Central
sofa
(unaccented)
most common vowel in English
- ʌ
- Mid/Low-Central
but
(accented)
- aw
- Dipthong
Low-Central
cow
- ay
- Dipthong
Low-Central
buy
- ɔy
- Dipthong
Mid/Low-Back
boy
- p
- voiceless bilabial stop
pill
- b
- voiced bilabial stop
bill
- t
- voicless alveolar stop
tip
- d
- voiced alveolar stop
dip
- k
- voiceless velar stop
kill
- f
- voiceless labial-dental fricative
fill
- v
- voiced labial-dental fricative
villa
- θ
- Theta/Thorn
voiceless interdental fricative
thin
- ð
- Eth
voiced interdental fricative
then
- s
- voiceless alveolar fricative
silly
- z
- voiced alveolar fricative
zoo
- ʃ š
- voiceless alveopalatal fricative
shell
- ʒ ž
- voiced alveopalatal fricative
measure
- tʃ č
- voiceless alveopalatal affricate
- dɛ ǰ
- voiced alveopalatal affricate
jelly
- m
- voiced bilabial nasal
mill
- n
- voiced alveolar nasal
nill
- ŋ
- voiced velar nasal
singer
- h
- voiceless glottal fricative
hill
- j y
- voiced palatal approximant
yes
- r ɹ
- voiced alveolar liquid approximant
rent
- l
- voiced alveolar liquid approximant
lily
- w
- voiced labial-velar approximant
will
- 7 stops
- p, b, t, d, k, g, ʔ
- 9 fricatives
- f, v, s, z, g, θ, ð, š(ʃ), ž(ʒ)
- 4 approximants (2 liquids)
- w, y,
l, r = liquid
- Phonetics
- study of the sounds made in the production of human language
- IPA
- International Phonetic Alphabet
- Parts of Upper Vocal Tract
- lip, teeth, alveolar ridge, hard palate, soft palate (velum), uvula, pharnyx wall, larynx, nasal cavity
- Parts of Lower Vocal Tract
- Lip, Tounge (tip, blade, front, center, back, root), epiglotis, larynx
- What's a Fricative
- characterized by a forcing of air in a continuous stream through a narrow opening
- What's a Stop
- formed when air is built up in the vocal tract and suddenly released through the mouth
- What's an Affricative
- air is built up by a complete closure of the oral tract at some place of articulation, then released (like a stop), and continued (like a fricative)
- What's an Obstruent
- any Stop, Fricative, or Affricate
- What's an Approximant
- produced by two articulators approaching one another almost like fricatives, but not coming close enough to produce friction
- What's a Nasal
- produced by lowering the velum, allowing the stream of air to pass out through the nasal cavity instead of through the oral cavity
- What's a Dipthong
- vowel sound for which the tongue starts in one place in the mouth and glides to another
- What's a Dipthong
- vowel sound for which the tongue starts in one place in the mouth and glides to another
