Places of articulation

Labial consonant

Bilabial consonant

Labiodental consonant

Linguolabial consonant

Coronal consonant

Interdental consonant

Dental consonant

Retroflex consonant

Alveolar consonant

Postalveolar consonant

Alveolo-palatal consonant

Dorsal consonant

Palatal consonant

Labial-palatal consonant

Velar consonant

Labial-velar consonant

Uvular consonant

Pharyngeal consonant

Epiglottal consonant

Glottal consonant

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An epiglottal consonant is a consonant that is articulated with the epiglottis against the back of the pharynx.

The epiglottal consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA	Description	Example
		Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
	epiglottal plosive
	voiced epiglottal fricative
	voiceless epiglottal fricative

See also

• place of articulation
• list of phonetics topics

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