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Table of consonants

The following tables list all the consonants listed by the International Phonetic Alphabet. The first table contains consonants articulated in the front part of the mouth, and the second table contains consonants articulated in the back part of the mouth. The places of articulation are listed on top, and the manners of articulation on the left side. Where consonants occur in pairs, the consonant on the left represents a voiceless articulation and the consonant on the right represents a voiced articulation.

	Bilabial		Labiodental		Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Retroflex		Labial-palatal
Plosive	p	b	p̪	b̪	t̪	d̪	t	d			ʈ	ɖ
ɓ				ɗ̪		ɗ
Ejective		pʼ				Nasal	m̥	m	ɱ̊	ɱ	n̪̊	n̪	n̥	n			ɳ̊	ɳ
Trill		ʙ						r
Tap or Flap								ɾ ɺ				ɽ
Fricative	ɬ	ɮ
Approximant	β̞̊	β̞	ʋ̥	ʋ			ɹ̥	ɥ
Lateral approximant								Click	ʘ				ǀ		ǃ Alveolo-palatal	Palatal		Labial-velar		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal		Epiglottal		Glottal
Plosive			c	ɟ			k	g	q	ɢ			ʡ		ʔ
ʄ				ɠ		ʛ
Nasal				ɲ				ŋ		ɴ
Trill										ʀ
Fricative	ɕ	ɦ
Approximant				ɰ
Lateral approximant				palato-alveolar and velar fricative :ɧ Velopharyngeal fricative: ʩ [Top] See also List of phonetics topics list of consonants table of vowels