| A | B |
|---|
| bilabials | sounds produced by bringing both lips together |
| labiodentals | sounds made by touching the bottom lip to the upper teeth |
| interdentals | sounds made by inserting the tip of the tongue between the upper and lower teeth |
| alveolars | sounds made by raising th front part of the tongue to the alveolar ridge |
| palatals | sounds made by raising the front part of the tongue to a point on the hard palate just behind the alveolar ridge |
| velars | sounds that are made by raising the back of the tongue to the soft palate |
| uvulars | sounds that are made by raising the back of the tongue to the fleshy appendage that hangs down in the back of the throat |
| fricatives | sounds that are made when the airflow is obstructed, causing friction |
| affricates | sounds produced by a top closure followed by a gradual release of that closure |
| liquids | sounds made where there is some obstruction of the airflow but not enough to cause any real obstruction |
| glides | sounds followed by a vowel with little or no obstruction of the airstream in the mout |
