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Our lesson is “Classification of Consonant Sounds”

Today we will do :

• Learn consonant classification
• Get handouts
• Twist tongues
• Discover fun-facts

Consonant Sound

A sound produced with an obstruction to the air stream.

The word comes from a Latin oblique stem.

But it is said that it means “sounding-together”

English consonants are usually classified according to the following principles :

• I) The type of obstruction and the manner of the production of noise.
• II) The active speech organ and the place of obstruction.
• III) The work of the vocal cords and the force of articulation.
• IV) The position of the soft palate.

According to the type of obstruction English consonants are divided into :

• Occlusive

A) noise consonants

B) sonorants

• Constrictive

According to the manner of the production of noise occlusive noise consonants are divided into :

• Plosive consonants :
• Affricate consonants :

Constrictive consonants may be :

• Fricatives :
• Sonorants : median and lateral.

According to the active organs of speech English consonants are divided into: labial, lingual, glottal.

Labial (Lab) consonants may be :

• Bilabial (Lab-lab) -----
• Labio-dental (Lab-tish) -----

Lingual (Til) consonants may be :

1) Forelingual (Til oldi)

A) Apical -

B) Cacuminal -

2) Mediolingual (Til o’rta) -----

3) Backlingual (Til orqa) -----

Glottal (Bo’g’iz) consonants may be :

1) Dental -----

2) Avleolar -----

3) Palato-alveolar -----

4) Post-alveolar -----

According to the work of vocal cords, consonants are divided into :

• Voiceless :
• Voiced :

According to the position of the soft palate consonants are divided into :

• Nasal :
• Oral :

The Ubykh language has 2 vowels and 84 consonants.

Tongue Twister Time !

Uzbeks call a cuckoo “Kakku”.

Thank you all for paying attention !!!