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Linguistics Phonemes
Phonemes!
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
02/09/2009

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Term
p
Definition

voiceless bilabial plosive

sounds like "p" in "spit" or "apple"

Term
b
Definition

voiced bilabial plosive

sounds like "b" in "tab" or "brat"

Term
m
Definition

bilabial nasal

sounds like "m" in "smack" or "mb" in "comb"

Term
t
Definition

voiceless alveolar plosive

sounds like "t" in "stick" or "ed" in "kissed"

Term
d
Definition

voiced alveolar plosive

sounds like "d" in "cad" or "ride"

Term
n
Definition

alveolar nasal

sounds like "n" in "nick" or "pn" in "pneumatic"

Term
k
Definition

voiceless velar plosive

sounds like "k" in "skin" or "que" in "critique"

Term
g
Definition

voiced velar plosive

sounds like "g" in "girl" or "gh" in "Pittsburgh"

Term
ŋ
Definition

velar nasal

sounds like "ng" in "sing" or "finger"

Term
f
Definition

voiceless labiodental fricative

sounds like "f" in "fat" or "ph" in "philosophy"

Term
v
Definition

voiced labiodental fricative

sounds like "v" in "vat" or "gravel"

Term
θ
Definition

voiceless interdental fricative

sounds like "th" in "thigh" or "ether"

Term
s
Definition

voiceless alveolar fricative

sounds like "s" in "sip" or "ps" in "psychology"

Term
z
Definition

voiced alveolar fricative

sounds like "z" in "zip" or "s" in "pads"

Term
ð
Definition

voiced interdental fricative

sounds like "th" in "thy" or "the" in "lathe"

Term
ʃ
Definition

voiceless postalveolar fricative

sounds like "sh" in "shoe" or "ti" in "nation"

Term
ʒ
Definition

voiced postalveolar fricative

sounds like "s" in "measure" or "ge" in "rouge"

Term
l
Definition

alveolar voiced lateral approximant; liquid

sounds like "l" in "leaf" or "ll" in "call"

Term
r
Definition
alveolar trill
Term
j
Definition

palatal voiced central approximant; glide

sounds like "y" in "you" or "e" in "feud"

Term
w
Definition

labial-velar voiced central approximant; glide

sounds like "w" in "witch" or "swim"

Term
h
Definition

voiceless glottal fricative

sounds like "h" in "hat" or "wh" in "whole"

Term
ʔ
Definition

voiceless glottal stop

hear it in "uh oh"

Term
ɾ
Definition

alveolar voiced flap

sounds like "d" in "rider" or "t" in "writer"

Term
i
Definition

high front tense unrounded

sounds like "e" in "be" or "i" in "Vaseline"

Term
I
Definition

high front lax unrounded

sounds like "i" in "bit" or "injury"

Term
e
Definition

mid/upper front tense unrounded

sounds like "a" in "gate" or "ei" in "reign"

Term
ɛ
Definition

mid/lower front lax unrounded

sounds like "e" in "bet" or "ai" in "said"

Term
æ
Definition

low front lax unrounded

sounds like "a" in "pan" or "au" in "laugh"

Term
u
Definition

high back tense rounded

sounds like "oo" in "boot" or "ew" in "sewer"

Term
ʊ
Definition

high back lax rounded

sounds like "u" in "put" or "oo" in "foot"

Term
ʌ
Definition

mid/lower central lax unrounded

sounds like "u" in "cut" or "o" in "cover"

Term
o
Definition

mid/upper back tense rounded

sounds like "o" in "go" or "ough" in "though"

Term
ɔ
Definition

mid/lower back lax rounded

sounds like "aw" in "saw" or "augh" in "caught"

Term
a
Definition

low back lax unrounded

sounds like "o" in "cot" or "a" in "father"

Term
ə
Definition

mid/lower central lax unrounded

sounds like "u" in "suppose" or "a" in "alone"

Term
aj
Definition
sounds like "i" in "bite" or "eigh" in "height"
Term
aw
Definition
sounds like "ou" in "about" or "ow" in "brown"
Term
ɔj
Definition
sounds like "oy" in "boy" or "oi" in "doily"
Term
ɲ
Definition
palatal nasal in Spanish, French, Italian (nina)
Term
β
Definition

voiced bilabial fricative

Spanish, Ewe-- "Havana" (v/b mixture)

Term
ɸ
Definition

voiceless bilabial fricative

(almost like an "h"-- Fuji) Japanese, Ewe

Term
x
Definition

voiceless velar fricative

Spanish, German, Arabic (ch'br)

Term
ɣ
Definition

voiced velar fricative

Spanish, Arabic (gayn)

Term
ʁ
Definition

voiced uvular fricative

French-- "rue"

Term
ü/y
Definition

high front tense rounded

French, German, Turkish

Term
ø
Definition

mid front tense rounded

French

Term
:
Definition

long (vowel)

 

Term
ɹ
Definition

voiced alveolar approximant (liquid)

 

English r: "rabbit"

Term
ʦ
Definition
voiceless alveolar affricate
Term
ʣ
Definition
voiced alveolar affricate
Term
ʧ
Definition

voiceless postalveolar affricate

 

("ch" as in "choke")

Term
ʤ
Definition

voiced postalveolar affricate

 

(like "j" in "judge")

Term
q
Definition

voiceless uvular plosive

like qaaf in Arabic

Term
G
Definition
voiced uvular plosive
Term
R
Definition
voiced uvular trill
Term
χ
Definition
voiceless uvular fricative
Term
ɨ
Definition
high central unrounded tense vowel
Term
n̥ d̥
Definition

voiceless diacritic

 

Term
Definition
aspirated diacritic
Term
ɹ̩ n̩
Definition
syllabic diacritics
Term
tʷ dʷ
Definition
labialized diacritic
Term
tʲ dʲ
Definition
palatalized diacritic
Term
t̪ d̪
Definition
dental diacritic
Term
ẽ z̃
Definition
nasalized diacritic
Term
Definition
no audible release diacritic
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