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The Consonant Inventory - Coggle Diagram
The Consonant Inventory
Vocal Tract
Used primarily
Secondarily
Speaking
Constricting airflow in the mouth
Distinctive sounds
Human speech
Breathing and eating
Consonant sounds
Partially or completely blocking air
Through the vocal tract
Changing the position
Tongue
Most common
Apico-alveolar
Front-palatal
Dorso-velar
Articulatory Basis
Voicing
Deals with the sound quality
Vocal cords
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Voiced Consonants
They use the voice
Vocal folds are kept together
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Voiceless Consonants
Do not use the voice
No vibration in your throat
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The Articulator
Doer of the articulation
Moves freely enough
Active in the speech
Lower surface of the mouth cavity.
Lower lip
/ m /, / p/
Tongue
Tip
Blade
/k/,/t/,/tʃ/
Front-center
Root
Back
Major Active Articulator
Point of Articulation
Any part in the mouth
Reached by the articulator
Major Passive Articulator
Upper surface of the vocal tract
Upper lip
/v/
Alveolar ridge (gum ridge)
/t/
Hard palate
/d3/
Soft palate (velum)
/k/
Uvula
Bilabial
Labiodental
Dental
Alveolar
Alveo palatal
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Cavity
The place where air goes through
Mouth cavity
Nasal cavity
/m/ /n/
/p/ /l/
Manner of Articulation
The way how air flows
Production of a sound.
Stop
Fricative
Nasal
Lateral
Vibrant
Affricate
Continuant