Places of articulations

1. Bilabial

1.1. Produced with the lips close together or touching: the lips touch at one phase of the production of the bilabial consonants p, b, and m; they do not for the bilabial w.

2. Alveolar

2.1. The alveolar ridge is where your teeth meet your gums. You create Alveolar consonants when you raise your tongue to the alveolar ridge to block or constrict airflow.

2.1.1. /n/ as in “no” and “man“ /t/ as in “tab” and “rat“ /d/ as in “dip” and “bad“ /s/ as in “suit” and “bus“ /z/ as in “zit” and “jazz“ /l/ as in “luck” and “fully”

3. Post-Alveolar

4. Velar

4.1. With the Standard American English pronunciation, read out loud the word king, which has both the velars [k] and [ŋ] as both the first and last consonant sounds, respectively.

5. Labio-dental

5.1. Labiodental are sounds are made when the lower lip is raised towards the upper front teeth. Example: /f/ safe.

6. Dental

6.1. In a dental consonant, the tip or blade of the tongue touches the upper teeth. Example: /θ/ as is “thick” and “bath“ /ð/ as in “the” and “rather”

7. Palatal

8. Glottal

8.1. The glottis, as much as we might not realize it, is used for the h sound in English; [h]. Just pronounce the words happy and heat and notice how far down the throat these sounds come from.