Thursday, November 8, 2007

consonants

Describe the consonants in terms of plosive and nasals

Place of articulation -> bilabial alveolar velar

v- v v- v v- v
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Manner of articulation

Plosive p b t d k g

Nasal m n n(looking like g)

From this table, we are can say that /p/ is a voiceless bilabial plosive
/t/ is a voiceless alveolar plosive
and /n/ is a voiced alveolar nasal.

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