Manners of articulation

Nasal consonant

Stop consonant

Fricative consonant

Lateral consonant

Approximant consonant

Semivowel

Liquid consonant

Flap consonant

Trill consonant

Ejective consonant

Implosive consonant

Click consonant

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Liquid consonants, or liquids, are speech sounds; more specifically, they are approximant consonants that are not classified as semivowels (glides) because they do not correspond phonetically to specific vowels (in the way that, for example, the initial [j] in English yes corresponds to [i]). The class of liquids can be divided into lateral liquids and rhotics.

English letters [l] and [ɹ] are typical liquids.

See also

• affricate
• fricative
• phonetics
• stop consonant