English Speech Sounds
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4Literacy Council of Montgomery County, MD
Handout #11
Rev. 2-12-2015
ENGLISH SPEECH SOUNDS
CONSONANTS
I. HOW ARE THEY MADE?
SOUND
SOUND FROM MOUTH
FROM
NOSE
m, n, ng
OPEN
SOME CLOSURE
CLOSURE
VOWELS
NOT
SOME FRICTION*
STOP
VOWELS
see below
Semi-
FRICTION
STOP AND
OTHER
p,t, k, b, d, g
vowels
FRICTION
h, r
TOGETHER
y, w,
th, f, s, sh
ch, j
l
wh
th, v, z, zh
Voiceless sounds are shown in bold italics
* friction – neither complete closure nor completely open
II. WHERE ARE THEY MADE?
LIPS
RIDGE BEHIND TEETH
BACK
m, w, wh, b, p
n, z, s, t, d
ng, k, g
TEETH
PALATE, MID- OR WHOLE MOUTH
th, th, f, v
all vowels, r, y, sh, zh, ch, j, l, h, l
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