Consonants are sounds produced with an obstruction in the oral cavity. They have three features: place of articulation, manner of articulation, and voicing. English has 25 consonant sounds that are distinct from each other based on these features, while Urdu has 28 consonant sounds according to the presented table.

1. Consonants
Phonetics and Phonology
Presented to: Dr. Tahir Ghaffoor Malik
Presented by: Mohammad Azeem Yaseen
Program: BS English Literature & Linguistics

2.  These sounds are produced with
some sort of obstruction in the oral
cavity.
 These sounds have three features:
1. Place of Articulation
2. Manner of Articulation
3. Voicing

3. THE INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ALPHABET
(IPA)

4. English Consonants
 There are 25 consonantal sounds in English.
 They all are distinctive from each other in Place and
Manner of Articulation and voicing.

5. Urdu Consonants
 There are 28 consonantal sounds of Urdu
according to the table below.