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