IPA consonants Flashcards
voiced bilabial plosive
[b] ex. bib
voiced bilabial fricative
[β] ex. Spanish haber
voiced alveolar fricative
[c] or [ts] ex. Italian zucchero
voiceless alveolopalatal fricative
[ɕ] ex. Mandarin xi
voiceless palatal fricative
[ç] ex. German ich
voiceless palatoalveolar affricate
[č] or [ʧ] ex. church, watch
voiced alveolar stop
[d] ex. dad
voiced retroflex stop
[ḍ] or [ɖ]
voiced dental fricative
[ð] ex. this, either
voiceless labiodental fricative
[f] ex. fife, laugh
voiced velar stop
[g] ex. gag
voiceless glottal fricative
[h] ex. hit
aspiration of preceding sound
[ʰ] ex. top vs. stop
voiceless pharyngeal fricative
[ḥ] or [ħ] ex. Arabic hummus
voiceless uvular fricative
[ḫ] or [χ] Egyptian, Semitic
voiceless fricative; probably palatal [ç]
[ẖ] Egyptian
voiced palatal glide; same as [y] in other systems
[j] Mycenaean Greek
palatalization of preceding sound
[ʲ] or [ʸ] ex. roughly canyon vs. cannon
voiced palatoalveolar affricate
[ǰ] or [ʤ] or [dʒ] ex. judge
voiceless velar stop
[k] ex. kick, cake
voiceless uvular stop
[ḳ] or [q] Egyptian
voiced alveolar lateral liquid
[l] ex. lip
voiced retroflex lateral liquid
[ḷ] or [ɭ] Indic
voiceless alveolar lateral fricative
[ɬ]
velarized voiced alveolar lateral liquid
[ɫ] ex.. hull
voiced bilabial nasal
[m] ex. mom
voiced alveolar nasal
[n] ex. none
voiced velar nasal
[ŋ] ex. singer
voiced retroflex nasal
[ṇ] or [ɳ]
voiced palatal nasal
[ɲ]
voiced uvular nasal
[ɴ]
voiceless bilabial fricative
[ɸ]
voiceless dental fricative
[θ]
voiceless bilabial stop
[p]
voiceless uvular stop
[q]
voiced alveolar trill
[r]
voiced (post)alveolar liquid
[ɹ] the English “r”; often just written [r]
voiced alveolar tap
[ɾ]
voiced uvular trill
[ʀ]
voiced uvular fricative
[ʁ]
voiceless alveolar fricative
[s]
voiceless postalveolar fricative
[š] or [ʃ]
voiceless retroflex fricative
[ṣ]
voiceless alveolar stop
[t]
voiceless retroflex stop
[ṭ] or [ʈ]
voiceless alveolopalatal affricate
[ʨ]
voiceless retroflex affricate
[tʂ]
voiced labiodental fricative
[v]
voiced velar fricative
[ɣ]
voiced labial-velar glide
[w]
voiceless labial-velar fricative
[ʍ]
voiceless velar fricative
[x]
voiceless uvular fricative
[χ]
palatalization of preceding sound
[ʸ]
voiced palatal lateral
[ʎ]
voiced alveolar fricative
[z]
voiced retroflex fricative
[ẓ] or [ʐ]
voiced palatoalveolar fricative
[ʒ] or [ž]
glottalization of preceding sound
[’]
aspiration of preceding sound
[‘] or [ʰ]
glottal stop
[ʔ]
voiced pharyngeal fricative
[ʕ]