A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of [f] the back of the tongue against the soft palate in the case of German [x] (the final consonant of Bach); or the side of the tongue against the molars, in the case of Welsh [ɬ] (appearing twice in …

b: voiced bilabial stop: c: voiceless palatal stop: ç: voiceless palatal fricative: d: voiced alveolar stop: f: voiceless labiodental fricative: g: voiced velar stop

Retroflex stops in Hindi Retroflex stops in Javanese Retroflex stops in Sindhi Palatals and alveolars in Italian Dorsal Palatals in Hungarian. Palatal and velars in Ngwo Palatals and velars in Margi Velar fricatives in Greek Uvular, pharyngeal and glottal consonants in Hebrew Uvular consonants in Aleut. Uvular and velar stops in K’ekchi

There are three types of the study of the sounds of language. Acoustic Phonetics is the study of the physical properties of sounds. Auditory Phonetics is the study of the way listeners perceive sounds. Articulatory Phonetics is the study of how the vocal tracts produce the sounds.This article will only describe articulatory phonetics. ...

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