Manner of articulation
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| Broad category | Manner of articulation | Subtypes | Examples | Phonological character | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | Nasal stop | m, n, ŋ | Sonorant | ||
| Plosive | Implosive | ɓ, ɗ, ɠ | |||
| Explosive | p, b, t, d, k, g, q, ʔ | Obstruent | |||
| Affricate | ts, dz | ||||
| Continuant | Fricative | Sibilant | "Sharp" | s, z | |
| "Shibilant" | ʃ, ʒ, ʂ, ʐ | ||||
| Spirant | Strident | f, v, χ, ʁ, ʜ, ʢ | |||
| "Thibilant" | θ, ð, ɹ̝ | ||||
| Other | ɸ, β, ɬ, ɮ, x, ɣ | ||||
| Approximant | Semivowel | j, ɰ, w | Sonorant | ||
| "Approximant spirant" | ʋ | ||||
| Liquid | Approximant liquid | ɹ, ɻ, l, ɭ | |||
| Vibrant | Trill | ʙ, r, ʀ | |||
| Tap, Flap | [[Labiodental flap|Template:B\]], ɾ, ɽ, ɺ | ||||
The fricative sub-classification can be also applied to affricates.
Nasality, laterality, clickness etc. are, technically, largely independant of this scheme. Note however that nasal are usually stops, and that laterals are most commonly approximant liquids.
| This article is part of a series on Phonetics and Phonology. Affricate * Allophone * Aspiration * Bilabial consonant * Buccal * Coronal consonant * Dental consonant * Fricative * Heng * Manner of articulation * Obligatory Contour Principle * Palatalization-split * Phoneme * Phoneme hole * Phonological feature * Rhotacism * Spirant * Stop * Syllable structure * Velar consonant * * |
