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InventoryMosaic
Segments
Inventory
p t k
b d g
tS
dZ
f T s S h
v D z Z
m n N
ô j w
û
l
i u
I U
e o
E 2
æ a
ô"
l"
m"
n"
N"
Jeff Mielke American English sounds
p t k
b d g
tS
dZ
f T s S h
v D z Z
m n N
ô j w
û
l
i u
I U
e o
E 2
æ a
[p]I voiceless
I bilabial
I stop
go back
[t]I voiceless
I alveolar
I stop
go back
[k]I voiceless
I velar
I stop
go back
[b]I voiced
I bilabial
I stop
go back
[d]I voiced
I alveolar
I stop
go back
[g]I voiced
I velar
I stop
go back
[tS]I voiceless
I postalveolar
I affricate
go back
[dZ]I voiced
I postalveolar
I affricate
go back
[f]I voiceless
I labiodental
I fricative
go back
[T]I voiceless
I interdental
I fricative
go back
[s]I voiceless
I alveolar
I fricative
go back
[S]I voiceless
I postalveolar
I fricative
go back
[h]I voiceless
I glottal
I fricative
go back
[v]I voiced
I labiodental
I fricative
go back
[D]I voiced
I interdental
I fricative
go back
[z]I voiced
I alveolar
I fricative
go back
[Z]I voiced
I postalveolar
I fricative
go back
[m]I voiced
I bilabial
I nasal
go back
[n]I voiced
I alveolar
I nasal
go back
go back
[ô]I voiced
I retroflex bunched
I approximant
go back
[ô]I voiced
I alveolar (bunched) retroflex
I approximant
go back
[j]I voiced
I palatal
I approximant
go back
[w]I voiced
I labiovelar
I approximant
go back
[l]I voiced
I alveolar
I lateral approximant
go back
[û]I voiceless
I labiovelar
I approximant
go back
[i]I tense/high
I front/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[I]I lax/high
I front/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[e]I tense/mid
I front/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[E]I lax/mid
I front/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[æ]I low
I front/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[2]I mid
I central/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[a]I low
I central/unrounded
I vowel
go back
[u]I tense/high
I back/rounded
I vowel
go back
[U]I lax/high
I back/rounded
I vowel
go back
[o]I tense/mid
I back/rounded
I vowel
go back
[ô"]
I voiced
I alveolar
I syllabic approximant
go back
[l"]
I voiced
I alveolar
I syllabic lateral approximant
go back
[m"]
I voiced
I bilabial
I syllabic nasal
go back
[n"]
I voiced
I alveolar
I syllabic nasal
go back
[N"]
I voiced
I velar
I syllabic nasal
go back