English consonant

Consonant sounds and consonant letters The word consonant may be used ambiguously for both speech sounds and the letters of the alphabet used to write them. In English, these letters are B, C, D, F, G, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, S, T, V, X, Z and often H, R, W, Y.

1. What are the 24 consonants in English?
2. How many consonants are in English?
3. What are the 44 consonants?
4. What are the English consonant symbols?

What are the 24 consonants in English?

English has 24 consonant sounds. Some consonants have voice from the voicebox and some don't. These consonants are voiced and voiceless pairs /p/ /b/, /t/ /d/, /k/ /g/, /f/ /v/, /s/ /z/, /θ/ /ð/, /ʃ/ /ʒ/, /ʈʃ/ /dʒ/. These consonants are voiced /h/, /w/, /n/, /m/, /r/, /j/, /ŋ/, /l/.

How many consonants are in English?

There are 24 consonant sounds in most English accents, conveyed by 21 letters of the regular English alphabet (sometimes in combination, e.g., ch and th).

What are the 44 consonants?

Consonants

What are the English consonant symbols?

Many IPA symbols represent the same sound that the corresponding English letters do -- [p], [b], [m], [f], [v], [t], [d], [l], [w] -- though even for these you have to be careful. Other symbols are a bit harder.
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IPA symbols for English consonants.