For BS English students--course title Phonetics and Phonology

1. BS ENGLISH
Course Title – Phonetics and Phonology
Presentation Topic :
Description of Consonant sounds
Presented by:
Nida Shafqat

2. Description of Consonant Sounds
Consonants:
Consonant sounds are mostly articulated via obstruction in vocal tract.
There are 24 consonant sounds in English.
For complete study of consonants, we focus on three features;
1. Voiced and voiceless distinction (voiced consonants are produced with vibration
in vocal folds/ voiceless consonants are produces without vibration in vocal folds)
2. The place of articulation (from where sound produce)
3. Manner of articulation (how sounds are pronounced)

3. b p
Voiced Voiceless
Bilabial (both
lips) (place of
articulation)
Plosive(first
blockage of air,
then sudden
release. (manner of
articulation)
1. 2.
‫پ‬
Ball
Bat
Ribbon
Pin
Happy
Sound
in
English
words
‫ب‬

4. t
3.
Voiceless
d
4.
Voiced
Alveolar (the tip of
the tongue meets with
alveolar ridge)-place of
articulation
Plosive(first blockage
of air, then sudden
sudden release)-manner
of articulation
‫ٹ‬ ‫ڈ‬
Tap
Batter
Tea
Day
Dear
Dog
Sound in
English
words:

5. k
5.
Voiceless
g
6.
Voiced
Velars(back of the
tongue and
velum/soft palate)-
place of articulation
Plosive(first
blockage of air, then
sudden release)-
manner of articulation
‫ک‬ ‫گ‬
Key
Kite
Cat
Get
Garden
Egg

6. ⁠tʃ
7.
Voiceless
8.
ʤ
Voiced
Palatals(front part of
the tongue meets with
alveolar ridge)-place of
articulation
Affricatives(first
complete blockage of
air, then slow
release)-manner of
articulation
‫چ‬ ‫ج‬
Chair
Watch
Cheese
Jam
Gell
Gentle

7. ‫ن‬
9.
m
10.
Voiced
Nasals(two lips
contact firmly
and air escape
from nasal
cavity.)-manner of
articulation
Alveolar(the tip if the
tongue meet with
alveolar ridge)-place of
articulation
Bilabial-place
of articulation
‫م‬
n Name
Near
Nest Money
Summer
Palm

8. ŋ
11.
Voiced
Velar(front part of the
tongue and velum/soft
palate)-pace of articulation
Nasal(oral passage blocked
and air escapes from nasal
cavity)-manner of articulation
‫ا‬
‫نگ‬
Sing
Ring
King

9. 12.
f
Voiceless
13.
v
Voiced
Labiodentals(upper set
of teeth make a firm
contact with lower lip)-
place of articulation.
Fricatives(air escape
with friction during
articulation of these
sounds,)-manner of
articulation
‫ف‬ ‫و‬
Fan
Phone
Laugh
Van
Five
Valley

10. 14.
θ ð
15
Voiceless Voiced
Dentals(tip of the
tongue makes a firm
contact with upper set
of teeth.)-place of
articulation
Fricatives(air escape
with friction during
articulation of these
sounds.)-manner of
articulation
‫د‬
Three
Thought
Thin
This
Father
Doctor
‫تھ‬
)

11. 16.
17.
s
Voiceless
z
Voiced
Alveolar(tip of the
tongue meet with
alveolar ridge.)-place
of articulation
Fricatives(air escape
with friction during
articulation of these
sounds.)-manner of
articulation
‫س‬ ‫ز‬
Science
System
Sun
Zoo
Zebra
zero

12. 18.
19.
ʃ
Voiceless
ʒ
(zh)
Voiced
Post Alveolar(tongue
and palate)-place of
articulation
Fricatives(air escape
with friction during
articulation of these
sounds.)-manner of
articulation
‫ژ‬
‫ش‬
Shine
Nation
Ocean
Pleasure
Treasure
Division

13. 20.
h
‫ہ‬
Voiceless
Glotal (space between
vocal folds)-place of articulation
Fricatives(air escape with
friction during
articulation of these
sounds.)-manner of articulation
Happy
Who
Hat

14. 21.
22.
l r
Voiced
Voiced
Alveolar(tip of the
tongue meet with
alveolar ridge)-place of
articulation
Lateral(tongue raise
and curl, let airflow
escape round the
sides)-manner of articulation
‫ل‬
‫ر‬
Leaf
Spell
Light
Rat
Wrong
Carrot

15. 23.
j
‫ی‬
Voiced
Palatal (front part of the
tongue raised toward soft
palate)-place of articulation
Semi-vowels (have vowels-
like quality)-manner of articulation
Yes
Year
Yellow

16. 24.
w
‫و‬
Voiced
Bilabial(lips rounded and firmly
contact with each other)-place of
articulation
Semi-vowels(have vowels like
quality)-manner of articulation
War
Web
Why