2. Speech Organ
Large and complex structure of muscles that
can produce changes in the vocal tract.
Articulators and articulatory phonetics.
3. Teeth
The tip of the tongue helps to produce /t, d, z,
etc.
Sounds made with the tongue touching the front
teeth are called dental.
4. Pharynx
It is a tube which is being to just above the
larynx.
7cm long in women, 8cm In men.
At the top end it is divided into two,
One part goes to back of the mouth,
Other goes to nasal cavity.
5. Lips
The upper lip and lower lip help to produce
bilabial sounds /p, b, m/.
They can spread, press together brought into
contact with teeth or rounded.
Lip to teeth contact are called labiodental.
(F,V)
Rounded to produce lip shape for vowel. E.g:
u
6. Tongue
It can move into different places and shapes to
produce different type of sounds.
7. • Hard ridge behind upper front teeth.
• It is between the roof of the mouth and
the upper teeth.
• T, D
8. Hard palatal
Also Known as the roof of the mouth.
The sound produce by this speech organ are
called palatal voices.
9. Velum
The lose hanging and of the soft palate.
It is the part that allows air to pass though the
nose and the mouth.
K, G
10. Nasal Cavity
Some sounds are produce by nasal cavity and
are called nasal sounds.
m, n, ng
