English consonant sounds/consonant sounds

 

CONSONANT SOUNDS (24)

✅ Voiceless Consonants 

Symbol	Example	Description
/p/	pen	voiceless plosive
/t/	ten	voiceless plosive
/k/	cat	voiceless plosive
/f/	fan	voiceless fricative
/θ/	think	voiceless "th"
/s/	see	voiceless fricative
/ʃ/	she	voiceless "sh"
/tʃ/	cheese	voiceless affricate
/h/	hat	voiceless glottal

✅ Voiced Consonants:

Symbol	Example	Description
/b/	bat	voiced plosive
/d/	dog	voiced plosive
/g/	go	voiced plosive
/v/	van	voiced fricative
/ð/	this	voiced "th"
/z/	zoo	voiced fricative
/ʒ/	measure	voiced "zh" sound
/dʒ/	jam	voiced affricate
/m/	man	nasal
/n/	no	nasal
/ŋ/	sing	nasal "ng"
/l/	light	lateral approximant
/r/	red	approximant
/j/	yes	palatal glide
/w/	we	labial-velar glide

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