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Consonant Sounds

Consonant Sounds

Prator & Robinett
Manual of American English Pronunciation


Consonant Sounds with Transcription

vl = voiceless (no vibration of vocal cords)
vd = voiced (vibration of vocal cords)

vlvdvlvdvlvdvlvdvlvdvlvdvl
stop/p
p
aint
b/
ball
/t
t
ree
d/
dog
/k
c
at
g/
girl
fricative/f
f
arm
v/
view
/θ
th
ree
ð/
brothers
/s
s
wan
z/
zebra
/ʃ
Russia
ʒ/
Asia
/h/
hurry
affricate/t͡ʃ
ch
urch
d͡ʒ/
July
nasal/m/
music
/n/
numbers
/ŋ/
sing
liquid/l/
lamp
/r/
red flowers
glide/y/
yellow
/w/
wish

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All Consonant Sound Lessons:

  • CH = /k/ ache
  • CH = /tʃ-k-ʃ-h-silent/
  • Compare: breath – breathe
  • Compare: clothes – clothing – cloth
  • Compare: core – corps – corpse
  • Compare: interested in – interesting: difficult quiz
  • Compare: recipe – receipt – prescription
  • Compare: they’re – their – there
  • Consonant Sound Pair /p, b/
  • Consonant Sounds & Transcription
  • GH Words
  • How do you know if a sound is voiceless or voiced?
  • Linking: /t/ + /y/ = /t͡ʃ/
  • Linking: /t/ + /y/ = /t͡ʃ/
  • R: 1-syllable words
  • R: boring bored
  • R: consonant clusters
  • R: iron
  • R: the king of consonants
  • R: unstressed r = /ɚ/ (part 1)
  • R: unstressed r = /ɚ/ (part 2)
  • R: walk work
  • R: word world
  • Reduction: coulda … woulda … shoulda
  • Reduction: disappearing vowel
  • Silent B: plumber
  • Silent Consonant: B
  • Silent Consonant: P
  • Silent Consonant: S
  • Silent Consonant: T
  • Silent Consonant: W
  • Silent Consonant: D
  • Silent Consonant: G
  • Silent Consonant: H
  • Silent Consonant: K
  • Silent Consonant: L
  • Silent Consonant: M & N
  • Silent GH
  • Silent K: asked /æst/
  • Silent R: comfortable
  • Silent th: month – months
  • Silent W: question answer
  • Silent W: Wednesday
  • T: 5 ways we say numbers
  • T: flap t = /d/
  • T: numbers 13-90 … /t/ or /d/
  • T: real t = /tʰ/
  • T: stop /t|/ + /ṇ/
  • T: stop t = /t|/
  • T: written t => /ʃ/
  • T: written t => /t͡ʃ/
  • TH: /θ, ð/ at the beginning of a word
  • TH: /θ, ð/ at the end of a word
  • TH: /θ, ð/ clothes … clothing … cloth
  • TH: /θ, ð/ in the middle of a word
  • TH: /θ/…4th…5th…6th…7th…8th…9th…10th
  • TH: mouth or mouse
  • wonder word: colonel
  • wonder word: lettuce
  • wonder word: purple
  • wonder word: temperature
  • wonder word: tortoise
  • wonder word: turtle
  • wonder word: with
  • wonder word: without

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