LIST OF CONSONANTS

This is a list of all consonants, ordered by place and manner of articulation.
==Ordered by place of articulation

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See also

=Labial consonants

Bilabial consonants

★ bilabial click

★ bilabial ejective

★ bilabial nasal ('m'an)

★ bilabial trill

★ bilabial approximant

★ voiced bilabial fricative

★ voiced bilabial implosive

★ voiced bilabial plosive ('b'ed)

★ Voiced bilabial affricate

★ voiceless bilabial fricative

★ voiceless bilabial plosive (s'p'in)

★ Voiceless bilabial affricate

Labiodental consonants

★ labiodental approximant

★ labiodental nasal (sy'm'phony)

★ voiced labiodental fricative ('v'an)

★ Voiced labiodental plosive

★ Voiced labiodental affricate

★ voiceless labiodental fricative ('f'an)

★ Voiceless labiodental plosive

★ Voiceless labiodental affricate
===Coronal consonants

Dental consonants

★ dental click

★ dental ejective

★ dental nasal

★ voiced dental fricative ('th'is)

★ voiced dental implosive

★ voiced dental plosive

★ voiceless dental fricative ('th'ing)

★ voiceless dental plosive

Retroflex consonants

★ retroflex approximant

★ retroflex flap

★ retroflex lateral approximant

★ retroflex nasal

★ voiced retroflex fricative

★ voiced retroflex plosive

★ voiced retroflex affricate

★ voiceless retroflex fricative

★ voiceless retroflex plosive

★ voiceless retroflex affricate ,

Alveolar consonants

★ alveolar approximant ('r'ed)

★ alveolar ejective

★ alveolar ejective fricative

★ alveolar flap

★ alveolar lateral approximant ('l'ead)

★ alveolar lateral flap

★ alveolar nasal ('n'one)

★ alveolar trill

★ lateral alveolar click

★ velarized alveolar lateral approximant

★ voiced alveolar fricative ('z'oo)

★ voiced alveolar implosive

★ voiced alveolar lateral fricative

★ voiced alveolar plosive ('d'one)

★ voiced alveolar affricate

★ voiceless alveolar fricative ('s'on)

★ voiceless alveolar lateral fricative

★ voiceless alveolar plosive ('t'on)

★ voiceless alveolar affricate

Postalveolar consonants

★ postalveolar click

★ voiced postalveolar affricate ('j'ug)

★ voiced postalveolar fricative (vi's'ion)

★ voiceless postalveolar affricate ('ch'ip)

★ voiceless postalveolar fricative ('sh'ip)

Alveolo-palatal consonants

★ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative

★ voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative

★ voiced alveolo-palatal affricate

★ voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
===Dorsal consonants

Palatal consonants

★ palatal approximant ('y'es)

★ palatal click

★ palatal ejective

★ palatal lateral approximant

★ palatal nasal

★ voiced palatal fricative

★ voiced palatal implosive

★ voiced palatal plosive

★ voiceless palatal fricative ('h'uman, but not 'h'um)

★ voiceless palatal plosive

=Labial-palatal consonants

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★ labial-palatal approximant

Velar consonants

★ velar approximant

★ velar ejective

★ velar lateral approximant

★ velar nasal (ri'ng')

★ voiced velar fricative

★ voiced velar implosive

★ voiced velar plosive ('g'et)

★ voiceless palatal-velar fricative

★ voiceless velar fricative

★ voiceless velar plosive ('k'ick, 'c'at)

=Labial-velar consonants

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★ voiced labial-velar approximant ('w'itch)

★ voiceless labial-velar approximant ('wh'ich)

Uvular consonants

★ uvular ejective

★ uvular nasal

★ uvular trill

★ voiced uvular fricative

★ voiced uvular implosive

★ voiced uvular plosive

★ voiceless uvular fricative

★ voiceless uvular plosive
===Radical consonants

Pharyngeal consonants

★ voiced pharyngeal fricative

★ voiceless pharyngeal fricative

Epiglottal consonants

★ epiglottal plosive

★ voiced epiglottal fricative

★ voiceless epiglottal fricative
===Glottal consonants===

★ voiced glottal fricative

★ voiceless glottal fricative ('h'at)

★ voiceless glottal plosive
==Ordered by manner of articulation

=Nasal consonants===

★ alveolar nasal

★ bilabial nasal

★ dental nasal

★ labiodental nasal

★ palatal nasal

★ retroflex nasal

★ uvular nasal

★ velar nasal
===Plosive (stop) consonants===

★ epiglottal plosive

★ voiced alveolar plosive

★ voiced bilabial plosive

★ voiced dental plosive

★ voiced palatal plosive

★ voiced retroflex plosive

★ voiced uvular plosive

★ voiced velar plosive

★ voiceless alveolar plosive

★ voiceless bilabial plosive

★ voiceless dental plosive

★ voiceless glottal plosive

★ voiceless palatal plosive

★ voiceless retroflex plosive

★ voiceless uvular plosive

★ voiceless velar plosive
===Fricative consonants===

★ alveolar ejective fricative

★ voiced alveolar fricative

★ voiced alveolar lateral fricative

★ voiced alveolo-palatal fricative

★ voiced bilabial fricative

★ voiced dental fricative

★ voiced epiglottal fricative

★ voiced glottal fricative

★ voiced labiodental fricative

★ voiced palatal fricative

★ voiced pharyngeal fricative

★ voiced postalveolar fricative

★ voiced retroflex fricative

★ voiced uvular fricative

★ voiced velar fricative

★ voiceless alveolar fricative

★ voiceless alveolar lateral fricative

★ voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative

★ voiceless bilabial fricative

★ voiceless dental fricative

★ voiceless epiglottal fricative

★ voiceless glottal fricative

★ voiceless labiodental fricative

★ voiceless palatal fricative

★ voiceless palatal-velar fricative

★ voiceless pharyngeal fricative

★ voiceless postalveolar fricative

★ voiceless retroflex fricative

★ voiceless uvular fricative

★ voiceless velar fricative
===Affricate consonants===

★ voiced postalveolar affricate

★ voiceless postalveolar affricate
===Approximant consonants===

★ alveolar approximant

★ alveolar lateral approximant

★ bilabial approximant

★ labial-palatal approximant

★ labial-velar approximant (voiced)

★ labial-velar approximant (voiceless)

★ labiodental approximant

★ palatal approximant

★ palatal lateral approximant

★ retroflex approximant

★ retroflex lateral approximant

★ velar approximant

★ velar lateral approximant

★ velarized alveolar lateral approximant
===Flap (tap) consonants===

★ alveolar flap

★ alveolar lateral flap

★ retroflex flap
===Trill consonants===

★ alveolar trill

★ bilabial trill

★ uvular trill
===Ejective consonants===

★ alveolar ejective fricative

★ alveolar ejective

★ bilabial ejective

★ dental ejective

★ palatal ejective

★ uvular ejective

★ velar ejective
===Implosive consonants===

★ voiced alveolar implosive

★ voiced bilabial implosive

★ voiced dental implosive

★ voiced palatal implosive

★ voiced uvular implosive

★ voiced velar implosive
===Click consonants===

★ bilabial click

★ dental click

★ lateral alveolar click

★ palatal click

★ postalveolar click

See also

★ Consonant

★ Table of consonants

★ List of phonetics topics