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Sometimes called semivowels because they are formed in similar ways as vowels (/w/, /y/, /h/).
Glides
Formed by interrupting the airflow slightly, but no friction results (/l/, /r/)
Liquids
Sound is produced by the sequence of a stop followed by a fricative (/ch/, j/)
Affricative
Formed when the mouth is closed, forcing air through the nose (/m/, /n/, /ng/).
Nasals
Formed by narrowing the hair channel and then forcing air through it, creating friction in the mouth (/f/, /v/, /th/, /z/, /s/, /zh/, /sh/)
Fricatives
Formed by blocking off the air flow and then exploding a puff of air (/b/, /p/, /d/, /t/, /g/, /k/)
Plosives (stops)
A sound in which the position of the mouth changes from one place to another as the sound is produced (/oi/,
Diphthong
When two consonants appear together in a word and stand for one sound that is different from either sound of each individual consonant.
Digraph
The combined sound that a cluster stands for.
Blend
Two or more consonants that appear together in a word, each consonant retaining its own sound.
Cluster
A slightly different version of each phoneme (related to the surrounding sounds).
Allophone
When vocal cords do not vibrate, the sound is?
Unvoiced
When vocal cords vibrate the sound is?
Voiced
Using the lips.
Bilabial
Using the back of the mouth (soft palate).
Velar
Using the roof of the mouth (hard palate).
Palatal
Using the front of the mouth.
Alveolar
Using the lips and teeth.
Labiodental
A letter cluster that stands for one sound.
Digraph
A sound in which the air flow is unobstructed when the sound is made.
Vowel
A sound in which the air flow is cut off either partially or completely when the sound is produced.
Consonant
The written representation of (a letter or cluster of letters) of one sound.
Grapheme
The study of speech and sound
Phonetics
The formal study of language and how it works.
Linguistics