The clarity of consonants

Well-articulated consonants make an enormous difference to the clarity of a voice. This requires good use of the tongue, the lips and the palate. If you are not used to this, you will need to exercise to get more flexible in this area.

1. What are the 4 categories of consonants?
2. What are the three qualities of consonants?
3. What is special about consonants?
4. What are the 24 consonant sounds and examples?

What are the 4 categories of consonants?

3. Consonants are either voiced (sonant) or voiceless (surd). Voiced consonants are pronounced with the same vocal murmur that is heard in vowels; voiceless consonants lack this murmur. The voiced consonants are b, d, g, l, r, m, n, z, consonantal i, and v.

What are the three qualities of consonants?

Consonants are often discussed with respect to 3 major characteristics, which are voicing, manner of articulation, and place of articulation.

What is special about consonants?

A consonant is a speech sound that is not a vowel. It also refers to letters of the alphabet that represent those sounds: Z, B, T, G, and H are all consonants. Consonants are all the non-vowel sounds, or their corresponding letters: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y are not consonants. In hat, H and T are consonants.

What are the 24 consonant sounds and examples?

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/.