This document discusses syllable formation and presents three charts that order consonants and vowels from most sonorous to least sonorous. Vowels and approximants are the most sonorous sounds, followed by nasals, fricatives, affricates, and plosives are the least sonorous. The charts illustrate the linear sequence of phonemes that make up syllables from most to least sonorous.

1. Phonetics II
Syllable formation. Set 1
Vowels
More sonorous More Vowels
Approximants sonorous
Approximants
Nasals
Nasals
Fricatives
Fricatives
Affricates
Less sonorous Less Affricates
Plosives sonorous
Linear sequence of phonemes Plosives
Linear sequence of phonemes
Vowels
More sonorous
Approximants More Vowels
sonorous
Nasals Approximants
Fricatives Nasals
Affricates Fricatives
Less sonorous
Plosives Less Affricates
Linear sequence of phonemes sonorous
Plosives
Linear sequence of phonemes
Vowels
More sonorous
Approximants
More Vowels
Nasals sonorous
Approximants
Fricatives
Nasals
Affricates
Less sonorous Fricatives
Plosives
Affricates
Linear sequence of phonemes
Less
sonorous Plosives
Linear sequence of phonemes