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English Phonology

EXPLANATION

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These tables show the IPA symbols for the pulmonic consonantal and vocalic systems in the English language.

CONSONANTS

The type of phonation is indicated by the phone's color shading:

t
voiceless
d
voiced
▼ PLACE OF ARTICULATION ▼
LABIAL
CORONAL
DORSAL
LARYNGEAL
▼ MANNER ▼
BILABIAL
LABIO-DENTAL
DENTAL
ALVEOLAR
POST-ALVEOLAR
PALATAL
VELAR
GLOTTAL
PLOSIVE
p[1]
t[2]
k[3]
b[4]
d[5]
ɡ[6]
NASAL
m[7]
n[8]
ŋ[9]
FRICATIVE
f[10]
θ[11]
h[14]
v[15]
ð[16]
SIBILANT FRICATIVE
s[12]
ʃ[13]
z[17]
ʒ[18]
SIBILANT AFFRICATE
t͡ʃ[19]
d͡ʒ[20]
LATERAL APPROXIMANT
l[21]
APPROXIMANT
ɹ[22]
j[23]
w[24]

END OF English PHONOLOGY CHART FOR CONSONANTS!

PHONOLOGY INVENTORY

No.
IPA
Length
CoArt
Voicing
Place
Manner
1
p
 
voiceless
bilabial
plosive
2
t
 
voiceless
alveolar
plosive
3
k
 
voiceless
velar
plosive
4
b
 
voiced
bilabial
plosive
5
d
 
voiced
alveolar
plosive
6
ɡ
 
voiced
velar
plosive
7
m
 
voiced
bilabial
nasal
8
n
 
voiced
alveolar
nasal
9
ŋ
 
voiced
velar
nasal
10
f
 
voiceless
labio-dental
fricative
11
θ
 
voiceless
dental
fricative
12
s
 
voiceless
alveolar
sibilant fricative
13
ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
14
h
 
voiceless
glottal
fricative
15
v
 
voiced
labio-dental
fricative
16
ð
 
voiced
dental
fricative
17
z
 
voiced
alveolar
sibilant fricative
18
ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant fricative
19
t͡ʃ
 
voiceless
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
20
d͡ʒ
 
voiced
post-alveolar
sibilant affricate
21
l
 
voiced
alveolar
lateral approximant
22
ɹ
 
voiced
alveolar
approximant
23
j
 
voiced
palatal
approximant
24
w
 
voiced
velar
approximant

VOWELS

 
VOWEL HEIGHT
CLOSE
NEAR-CLOSE
CLOSE-MID
MID
OPEN-MID
NEAR-OPEN
OPEN