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Basic Phonemic Terms
Where sounds are produced
Consonant Categories
Consonant information
Vowel sounds
100

Formal study of language and how it works

Linguistics

100

Sound in which the air flow is unobstructed when the sound is made

Vowel

100
Formed by closing or blocking off the air flow then releasing a puff of air

Plosives

100
Two or more consonants that appear together in a word, but each have their own sound
Cluster
100

Referred to as glided sounds

Long-vowel sounds

200

Study of speech sounds

Phonetics

200

Using your lips and teeth

Labiodental

200

Formed by narrowing the air channel then forcing air through it

Fricatives

200

When the sounds are combined in a cluster it is referred to as a...

Blend

200

Referred to as unglided sounds

Short-vowel sounds

300

Smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word from another

Phoneme

300

The front of the mouth where your teeth arise

Alveolar

300

Formed when the mouth is closed and the air is released through the nose

Nasals

300

When two consonants appear together in a word, they stand for one sound that is different from either sound

Digraph

300
Vowel sounds that include diphthongs, variant vowels, schwa and r-controlled vowels

Other vowel sounds

400

The written representation of one sound

Grapheme

400

Back of the mouth

Velar

400

Formed by slightly interrupting the air flow

Liquids

400

Sound in which the position of the mouth changes from one place to another as the sound is produced

Diphthong

400
When this sound is produced, your vocal cords will vibrate

Voiced

500

A sound in which the air flow is cut off either partially or completely when the sound is pronounced

Consonant

500

The lips

Bilabial

500

Formed in similar ways to vowel and are sometimes referred to as semivowels

Glides

500

Slightly different version of each phoneme; results from the ease or lack of ease in pronouncing a sound

Allophone

500

When this sound is produced, your vocal cords do not vibrate

Unvoiced