The English consonant are (24) twenty four. A consonant is a speech sound which is produced with obstruction of airstream. The obstruction could be “partial” or “table”. For instance, when consonant like /p/ is produced, the flow of air is obstructed by the lips. The obstruction here is called a total obstruction because the flow of air is completely obstructed for a while. But when consonant like /f/ is produced, the flow of air is partially obstructed by the lower lip and the upper teeth.
The important thing about the production of a consonant, therefore, is that is always a degree of obstruction of the air is one of the three important factor used in classifying the English consonants.
Classification of Consonant. These are:
(i) Place of Articulation
(ii) State of Glottis
(iii) Manner of Articulation
The following are the twenty four consonant sound.
P, b, t, d, k, g, f, v, , , s, z, s, , , , ,r, w, j, m, n, J.
Most consonant can occur at the beginning, middle and end of words but a few of these consonant are restricted to certain positions.
/p/ as in pan, Happy, Nap
/b/ as in Bud, Rubber, Rub
/t/ as in Tea, Heater, Seat.
/d/ as in dip, ridder, hide
/k/ as in come, marking, pack
/g/ as in get, target, rag
/f/ as in fork, suffer, cough
/v/ as in van, river, live
/ / as in think, anthem, both
/ / as in this, father, breathe
/ /as in sip, racing, place
/ z/ as in Zink, razor, has
/ / as in shop, lashes, fish
/ / as in genre, vision,garage
/h/ as in hat, behave
/tj/ as in cheap, ricer, teach
/dz/ as in joy, rejoice, page
/l/ as in lock, follow, sell
/r/ as in rag, borrow
/w/ as in win, rewind
/j/ as in yes
/m/ as in man, remain, him,
/n/ as in net, runner, rain
/ / as in singer, hang
(and more)
See also