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p t k

b d g

tS

dZ

f T s S h

v D z Z

m n N

ô j w

û

l

i u

I U

e o

E 2

æ a

ô"

l"

m"

n"

N"

Jeff Mielke American English sounds

p t k

b d g

tS

dZ

f T s S h

v D z Z

m n N

ô j w

û

l

i u

I U

e o

E 2

æ a

[p]I voiceless

I bilabial

I stop

go back

[t]I voiceless

I alveolar

I stop

go back

[k]I voiceless

I velar

I stop

go back

[b]I voiced

I bilabial

I stop

go back

[d]I voiced

I alveolar

I stop

go back

[g]I voiced

I velar

I stop

go back

[tS]I voiceless

I postalveolar

I affricate

go back

[dZ]I voiced

I postalveolar

I affricate

go back

[f]I voiceless

I labiodental

I fricative

go back

[T]I voiceless

I interdental

I fricative

go back

[s]I voiceless

I alveolar

I fricative

go back

[S]I voiceless

I postalveolar

I fricative

go back

[h]I voiceless

I glottal

I fricative

go back

[v]I voiced

I labiodental

I fricative

go back

[D]I voiced

I interdental

I fricative

go back

[z]I voiced

I alveolar

I fricative

go back

[Z]I voiced

I postalveolar

I fricative

go back

[m]I voiced

I bilabial

I nasal

go back

[n]I voiced

I alveolar

I nasal

go back

go back

[ô]I voiced

I retroflex bunched

I approximant

go back

[ô]I voiced

I alveolar (bunched) retroflex

I approximant

go back

[j]I voiced

I palatal

I approximant

go back

[w]I voiced

I labiovelar

I approximant

go back

[l]I voiced

I alveolar

I lateral approximant

go back

[û]I voiceless

I labiovelar

I approximant

go back

[i]I tense/high

I front/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[I]I lax/high

I front/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[e]I tense/mid

I front/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[E]I lax/mid

I front/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[æ]I low

I front/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[2]I mid

I central/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[a]I low

I central/unrounded

I vowel

go back

[u]I tense/high

I back/rounded

I vowel

go back

[U]I lax/high

I back/rounded

I vowel

go back

[o]I tense/mid

I back/rounded

I vowel

go back

[ô"]

I voiced

I alveolar

I syllabic approximant

go back

[l"]

I voiced

I alveolar

I syllabic lateral approximant

go back

[m"]

I voiced

I bilabial

I syllabic nasal

go back

[n"]

I voiced

I alveolar

I syllabic nasal

go back

[N"]

I voiced

I velar

I syllabic nasal

go back