Central consonant (599 bytes)
1: A '''central'' or ''medial consonant''' is a [[consonant]] sound that is produced when air flows across th...
3: Examples of central consonants are the [[voiceless velar plosive]] (the "k" in ...
5: ...tongue rather than over its center is a [[lateral consonant]].

Consonant (4614 bytes)
4: ...the modern linguistic understanding which defines consonants in terms of vocal tract constrictions.
6: ...h language|English]], the sound [m] in "mud" is a consonant, but in "prism", it occupies an entire syllable, ...
8: ...sometimes [[Y]] — the letter Y stands for a consonant in "yoke" but for a vowel in "myth", for example.
10: ...t sounds, so some letters represent more than one consonant, and [[digraph]]s like "sh" and "th" are used to ...
12: Each consonant can be distinguished by several features:

Emphatic consonant (410 bytes)
1: ...[velarized]], and [[ejective]] [[consonant]]s, or consonants that historically had one of these properties. ...

Postalveolar consonant (2005 bytes)
2: ...ant]]s are a combination of plosive and fricative consonants articulated almost simultaneous. The postalveola...

Implosive consonant (783 bytes)
3: ...out of the mouth via the lungs as in [[pulmonic]] consonants. This is accomplished by making a closure in the...
5: ...ty of implosive consonants are [[Voiced implosive consonant|voiced]], and they are frequent among [[African l...

Glottalic consonant (2405 bytes)
1: A '''glottalic consonant''' is a [[consonant]] produced with some important contribution (a mo...
5: ==How to produce an ejective consonant==
11: The same principle applies to any ejective consonant, substituting the appropriate place of articulati...
13: ==How to produce an implosive consonant==
19: The same principle applies for other implosive consonants, only with the front closure produced elsewhere ...

Ejective consonant (1782 bytes)
3: ...aspiration (phonetics)|aspirated]] or unaspirated consonants in a [[language]].
5: ...y appear in, they may even sound like unaspirated consonants.
7: Technically speaking, ejectives are [[glottalic consonant|glottalic]] egressive sounds.
9: Language families which utilise ejective consonants include the [[Northwest Caucasian languages|Nort...
11: The vast majority of ejective consonants noted in the world's languages are [[plosive]]s ...

Approximant consonant (1469 bytes)
3: ...variants of English /l/), several r-like [[rhotic consonant|rhotic]] sounds (e.g. [{{IPA|ɹ}}] as in ''re...

Consonant cluster (2737 bytes)
1: ...owel]]. In English, the group '''''spr'''''- is a consonant cluster in the word '''spring''', and the group -...
3: ... consonant clusters, or more than two consecutive consonants in other positions. Most spoken dialects, howeve...
5: ...f Georgia are almost unbelievable in terms of the consonant clusters they permit. Clusters are noted in [[Geo...
7: ...lit''' is an example of this. Others believe that consonant clusters are more useful as a definition when the...
9: ...loans, violate the restraint that two [[Fricative consonant|fricatives]] may not appear adjacently word-initi...

Retroflex consonant (5653 bytes)
2: ... the tip touches the roof of the mouth. Retroflex consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
72: ...ants are typically the same as for the [[alveolar consonant]]s, but with the addition of a right-facing hook ...
74: Retroflex consonants are common in the [[Indo-Aryan languages]] and t...

Apical consonant (683 bytes)
1: ...nd) of the tongue. This contrasts with [[laminal consonant]]s, which are produced by creating a blockage wit...

Laminal consonant (612 bytes)
1: ... end of the tongue. This contrasts with [[apical consonant]]s, which are produced by creating a blockage wit...

Voiced consonant (676 bytes)
1: ...bration|vibrate]], as opposed to a '''[[voiceless consonant]]''', where the vocal cords are relaxed. Examples...

Voiceless consonant (299 bytes)
1: ...[[phonetics]], a '''voiceless consonant''' is a [[consonant]] that doesn't have [[phonation|voicing]]. That i...

Oral consonant (763 bytes)
1: ...nants are oral consonants. The others are [[nasal consonants]].

Pharyngeal consonant (1925 bytes)
2: A '''pharyngeal consonant''' is a type of [[consonant]] which is articulated with the root of the [[ton...
4: Pharyngeal consonants in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA)...

Epiglottal consonant (1737 bytes)
2: An '''epiglottal consonant''' is a [[consonant]] that is articulated with the [[epiglottis]] aga...
4: The epiglottal consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Flap consonant (848 bytes)
2: .... The main difference between a flap and a [[stop consonant]] is that in a flap, there is no buildup of air p...
4: The flap or tap consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Trill consonant (416 bytes)
3: In [[phonetics]], a '''trill''' is a [[consonant]]al sound produced by vibrations between the arti...
5: Trill consonants:

Linguolabial consonant (3172 bytes)
2: ...nlike click consonants or ejectives. Linguolabial consonants are found in some [[Oceania|Oceanic languages]].
4: The linguolabial consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

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