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IPA
Description of English IPA characters
46
Language - English
Undergraduate 2
02/10/2009

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Term
p
Definition
voiceless bilabial plosive (stop)
Term
b
Definition
voiced bilabial plosive (stop)
Term
t
Definition
voiceless alveolar stop
Term
d
Definition
voiced alveolar stop
Term
k
Definition
voiceless velar stop
Term
g
Definition
voiced velar stop
Term
ʔ
Definition
voiceless glottal stop
Term
bilabial
Definition
using the two lips
Term
velar
Definition
tongue touching roof of mouth at velum (soft palate)
Term
alveolar ridge
Definition
roof of mouth right behind teeth
Term
fricatives
Definition
forcing air in continuous stream through narrow opening
Term
f
Definition
voiceless labio-dental fricative
Term
v
Definition
voiced labio-dental fricative
Term
θ
Definition
voiceless interdental fricative
Term
ð
Definition
voiced inter-dental fricative
Term
s
Definition
voiceless alveolar fricative
Term
z
Definition
voiced alveolar fricative
Term
ʃ
Definition
voiceless alveo-palatal fricative
Term
ʒ
Definition
voiced alveo-palatal fricative
Term
affricates
Definition
stop-fricatives
Term
ʧ
Definition
unvoiced alveo-palatal affricate
Term
ʤ
Definition
voiced alveo-palatal affricate
Term
obstruents
Definition
group containing fricatives, stops, and affricates
Term
w
Definition
voiced (central) bilabial approximate
Term
ɹ
Definition
voiced (central) alveolar approximate
Term
j
Definition
voiced (central) palatal approximate
Term
l
Definition
voiced (lateral) alveolar approximate
Term
m
Definition
bilabial nasal
Term
n
Definition
alveolar nasal
Term
ŋ
Definition
velar nasal
Term
Nasals
Definition
m, n, ŋ
Term
liquids
Definition
ɹ, l
Term
approximants
Definition
w, ɹ, l, j
Term
i
Definition
high front tense unrounded vowel
Term
ɪ
Definition
high front lax unrounded vowel
Term
e
Definition
upper mid front unrounded vowel
Term
ɛ
Definition
lower mid front unrounded vowel
Term
æ
Definition
low front unrounded vowel
Term
ə
Definition
mid central unrounded vowel
Term
ʌ
Definition
lower mid central unrounded vowel
Term
a
Definition
low central unrounded vowel
Term
u
Definition
high back rounded tense vowel
Term
ʊ
Definition
high back rounded lax vowel
Term
o
Definition
upper mid back rounded vowel
Term
ɔ
Definition
lower mid back rounded vowel
Term
ɑ
Definition
low back unrounded vowel
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