Questions about English consonant sounds.
Questions about English consonants. In phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract.
Examples are [p], pronounced with the lips; [t], pronounced with the front of the tongue; [k], pronounced with the back of the tongue; [h], pronounced in the throat; [f] and [s], pronounced by forcing air through a narrow channel (fricatives); and [m] and [n], which have air flowing through the nose (nasals).
