Did You Know?
There are 21 consonants in English!
How We Make Sounds
We use our mouth to make sounds.
Consonants in Words
Consonants help us make words sound right.
What consonants Do
They make words clear.
They can be hard or soft sounds.
They help us talk and sing.
They are in most words we say.
They work with vowels to make sounds.
We can find them in names too.
More About consonants
Consonants are sounds we use every day. They help us say names and things. When we talk, we use many consonants. They make our speech clear.
In school, we learn to read and write with consonants. They help us spell words right. Without consonants, words would be hard to say.
Did you know some languages have more consonants? It is fun to learn how they sound. Each language has its own way of using consonants.
How Topics Connect
graph TD
A["Consonants"] --> B["Articulated with Closure"]
A --> C["Examples"]
C --> D["[b] - Lips"]
C --> E["[d] - Front of Tongue"]
C --> F["[g] - Back of Tongue"]
C --> G["[v] - Fricative"]
C --> H["[z] - Fricative"]
A --> I["Pulmonic Consonants"]
I --> J["Non-Pulmonic Consonants"]
What Do These Words Mean?
articulatory phonetics:The study of how speech sounds are made with the mouth and vocal tract.
consonant:A speech sound made by blocking airflow in some way.
pulmonic:Using air from the lungs to create sound.
fricatives:Sounds made by forcing air through a narrow space.
nasals:Sounds made with air flowing through the nose.
