Stop consonant (5107 bytes)
2: ...occlusive''' is a [[consonant]] sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract.
4: ...[n], [m] (though the latter two aren't considered stops by all).
6: ==Stop articulation==
8: In the articulation of the stop, three phases can be distinguished:
9: ...the names ''stop''). If the nasals are considered stops, then the air might still escape through the nos...

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:

Dental consonant (5554 bytes)
2: ...'l''' are all dental, whereas they are [[Alveolar consonant|alveolar]] in English.
4: The dental consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Alveolar consonant (7253 bytes)
2: ...he ''alveoles'' of the upper teeth). The alveolar consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Uvular consonant (6014 bytes)
2: ...consonant]]s. Most uvular consonants are either [[stop]]s or [[fricative]]s, but a very small number of ...
4: The uvular consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...
60: ...onsonants in [[English language|English]]. Uvular consonants are found in many African and Middle-Eastern lan...
62: The [[voiceless consonant|voiceless]] uvular [[plosive]] is expressed as /q...
64: /ɢ/, the [[voiced consonant|voiced]] equivalent of /q/, is much rarer. It is ...

Glottal consonant (2670 bytes)
3: '''Glottal consonants''' are [[consonant]]s articulated with the [[glottis]].
5: Glottal consonants in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]]:
19: ...:1px solid black"|[[glottal stop|voicless glottal stop]]
41: ...t. For more details on this topic, see: [[Glottal stop]].
47: *[[Glottalic consonant]]

Labiodental consonant (1938 bytes)
2: ...nd the upper teeth, or viceversa. The labiodental consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Bilabial consonant (2522 bytes)
2: ...nt]] articulated with both [[lip]]s. The bilabial consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Velar consonant (5554 bytes)
2: '''Velars''' are [[consonant]]s articulated with the back part of the tongue (...
7: ...fronted'', that is partly or completely [[palatal consonant|palatal]] before a following front vowel, and ''r...
12: The velar consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alpha...

Labial consonant (1062 bytes)
2: ...sives)'', [v] and [f] are labiodental [[fricative consonant|fricatives]].
4: ...occur in many languages. For example, the Spanish consonant spelt ''b'' or ''v'' is pronounced as a voiced ''...
6: ...er articulations. English [w] is a [[Labial-velar consonant | labialised velar approximant]].
8: Labial consonants are divided into three subplaces of articulation...
10: * [[bilabial consonant]]s

Coronal consonant (2143 bytes)
2: ...ar]], and [[postalveolar consonant|postalveolar]] consonants.
4: ...[[English language | English]] are all [[alveolar consonant]]s:
8: !width=216| Name of the consonant

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...

Affricate consonant (4005 bytes)
1: ...|fricative]] (or, in one language, into a [[trill consonant|trill]]).
6: ...eolar affricates where the fricative is [[lateral consonant|lateral]], such as the [tɬ] sound found in [...
11: ==Affricates vs. sequences of stop plus fricative==
12: Affricates can contrast with sequences of stop plus fricative. Examples include
20: ...s that in the sequence of stop and fricative, the stop has a release of its own before the fricative sta...

Consonant gradation (1652 bytes)
1: ...tic of the [[Finnish_language|Finnish]] language. Consonant gradation is used to maintain vocal harmony in th...
3: ...''p'', and ''t'' are the only letters affected by consonant gradation.
15: ...in vowels (e.g. Suomi ~ Suomen) is not considered consonant gradation.
18: ...ir/finnish/kptverb.html Introduction to Finnish - Consonant Gradation]<br />
19: .../~km56049/finnish/consgrad.html Finnish Grammar - Consonant Gradation]

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

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

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

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]].

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

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...

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