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Sound Terms

Terms for categorising sounds in English.

TermDefinition
Voiced The vocal cords vibrate.
Unvoiced The vocal cords do NOT vibrate.
Bilabial The mouth remains closed.
Labiodental The lower lip touches the top teeth.
Dental The tongue touches the teeth.
Alveolar The tongue presses the roof of the mouth behind the top front teeth; the alveolar ridge.
Postalveolar The tongue touches the roof of the mouth just behind the alveolar ridge.
Palatal The tongue touches the hard palate; the hard section of the roof of the mouth.
Velar The back of the tongue touches the back of the roof of the mouth; the soft palate.
Glottal A sound made in the throat at the vocal cords. Note: Does NOT automatically mean the vocal cords will vibrate.
Labial-velar Both the lips and the back of the tongue are involved to properly make the sound.
Retroflex The tongue curls back towards the postalveolar region (The part of the mouth behind the alveolar ridge) or hard palate but does not touch the roof of the mouth or the top teeth.
Plosive Air is blocked then quickly released.
Nasal The final sound will come out of the nose instead of the mouth.
Fricative Air will be squeezed through a small space in the mouth, causing friction.
Affricate A combination of a plosive and a fricative.
Approximant Air flows out of the mouth freely with minimal obstruction.
Lateral approximant An approximant where air flows from the sides of the tongue instead of the middle.
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