Summary Linguistics 1 - Overview Consonants and Vowels

Consonant and Vowel Features (for Broad SAE) Ling201, Jan. 25

Consonants
[ p ] : voiceless bilabial stop
[ b ] : voiced bilabial stop
[ t ] : voiceless alveolar stop
[ d ] : voiced alveolar stop
Stops

[ k ] : voiceless velar stop
[ ɡ ] : voiced velar stop
[ f ] : voiceless labiodental fricative
[ v ] : voiced labiodental fricative
[ θ ] : voiceless dental fricative
Obstruents
[ ð ] : voiced dental fricative
[ s ] : voiceless alveolar fricative Fricatives
[ z ] : voiced alveolar fricative
[ ʃ ] : voiceless palato-alveolar fricative
[ ʒ ] : voiced palato-alveolar fricative
[ h ] : voiceless glottal fricative
[ tʃ ] : voiceless palato-alveolar affricate
Affricates
[ dʒ ] : voiced palato-alveolar affricate

[ m ] : (voiced) bilabial nasal
[ n ] : (voiced) alveolar nasal Nasals
[ ŋ ] : (voiced) velar nasal
[ ɹ ] : (voiced) alveolar approximant Sonorants
Liquids
[ l ] : (voiced) alveolar lateral approximant
Approximants
[ j ] : (voiced) palatal approximant
Glides
[ w ] : (voiced) labialized velar approximant


Vowels
[ i ] : high front unrounded tense [ u ] : high back rounded tense
[ ɪ ] : high front unrounded lax [ ʊ ] : high back rounded lax
[ e ] : mid front unrounded tense [ ə ] : mid central unrounded lax [ o ] : mid back rounded tense
[ ɛ ] : mid front unrounded lax [ ʌ ] : mid central unrounded lax [ ɔ ] : mid back rounded lax
[ a ] : low front unrounded tense [ ɑ ] : low back unrounded tense
[ æ ] : low front unrounded lax