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]