Phonetic

Front 1

p

Back 1

voiceless, bilabial, stop

Hint 1

lips are closed together for a moment, stopping the airflow

Front 2

b

Back 2

voiced, bilabial, stop

Hint 2

lips are closed together for a moment, stopping the airflow, vocal folds vibrate

Front 3

t

Back 3

voiceless, alveolar, stop

Hint 3

tongue tip is at or near alveolar ridge, sound is made without vibration

Front 4

d

Back 4

voiced, alveolar, stop

Hint 4

tongue tip is at or near alveolar ridge, sound is made with vibration

Front 5

k

Back 5

voiceless, velar, stop

Hint 5

produced at the soft part of the roof of the mouth behind the palate--the velum, sounds are made without vibration

Front 6

g

Back 6

voiced, velar, stop

Hint 6

produced at the soft part of the roof of the mouth behind the hard palate--the velum, sounds are made with vibration

Front 7

(glottal stop)

Back 7

voiceless, glottal, stop

Hint 7

sound is produced at the larynx, no vibration

Front 8

f

Back 8

voiceless, labiodental, fricative

Hint 8

made with the lower lip against the upper front teeth, nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract (hissing noise), no vibration

Front 9

v

Back 9

voiced, labiodental, fricative

Hint 9

made with the lower lip against the upper front teeth, nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract (hissing sound), vibration

Front 10

(theta)

Back 10

voiceless, interdental, fricative

Hint 10

tip of the tongue prodtruding between the front teeth, nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract (hissing noise), no vibration

Front 11

(eth)

Back 11

voiced, interdental, fricative

Hint 11

tip of the tongue prodtruding between the front teeth, nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract (hissing noise), vibration

Front 12

s

Back 12

voiceless, alveolar, fricative

Hint 12

tongue tip at or near the alveolar ridge, nearly complete obstructive of the vocal tract (hissing sound), no vibration

Front 13

z

Back 13

voiced, alveolar, fricative

Hint 13

tongue tip at or near the alveolar ridge, nearly complete obstructive of the vocal tract (hissing sound), vibration

Front 14

(esh)

Back 14

voiceless, palatal, fricative

Hint 14

sound made with the tongue near the hard part of the roof of the mouth, nearly complete obstruction of vocal tract (hissing sound), no vibration

Front 15

(yogh)

Back 15

voiced, palatal, fricative

Hint 15

sounds made with the tongue near the hard part of the roof of the mouth, a nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract, vibration

Front 16

h

Back 16

voiceless, glottal, fricative

Hint 16

sounds are produced at the larynx, nearly complete obstruction of the vocal tract (hissing sound), no vibration

Front 17

(t-esh)

Back 17

voiceless, palatal, affricative

Hint 17

sounds are made with the tongue near the hard part of the roof of the mouth, briefly stopping the airstream completely and then releasing, no vibration

Front 18

(d-yogh)

Back 18

voiced, palatal, affricative

Hint 18

sounds are made with the tongue near the hard part of the roof of the mouth, briefly stopping the airstream completely and then releasing, vibration

Front 19

m

Back 19

voiced, bilabial, nasal

Hint 19

made by bringing both lips closer together, lowering the velum and thus opening the nasal passage to the vocal tract, vibration

Front 20

n

Back 20

voiced, alveolar, nasal

Hint 20

tongue tip at or near the alveolar ridge, lowering the velum and thus opening the nasal passage to the vocal tract, vibration

Front 21

(engma)

Back 21

voiced, velar, nasal

Hint 21

produced at the soft part of the roof of the mouth behind the hard palate-- the velum, lowering the velum and thus opening the nasal passage to the vocal tract, vibration

Front 22

l

Back 22

voiced, alveolar, lateral liquid

Hint 22

tongue tip at or near the alveolar ridge, produced with the tongue touching the alveolar ridge but the airstream excapes around the sides of the tongue, vibration

Front 23

r

Back 23

voiced, alveolar, retroflex liquid

Hint 23

tongue tip at or near the alveolar ridge, curling the tip of the tonuge back behind the alveolar ridge, vibration

Front 24

w (voiceless)

Back 24

voiceless, bilabial, glide

Hint 24

made by bringing both lips closer together, slight cloure of the articulators,

Front 25

w

Back 25

voiced, bilabial, glide

Hint 25

made by bringing both lips closer together, raising the back of the tongue toward teh velum while rounding the lips at the same time, vibration

Front 26

j

Back 26

voiced, palatal, glide

Hint 26

sounds made with the toungue near the hard part of the roof of the mouth, made with a slight closure in the palatal region, vibration

Front 27

i

Back 27

high front tense unrounded

Front 28

I

Back 28

high front lax unrounded

Front 29

e

Back 29

mid front tense unrounded

Front 30

ae (ash)

Back 30

low front lax unrounded

Front 31

(epsilon)

Back 31

mid front lax unrounded

Front 32

schwa

Back 32

mid central lax unrounded

Front 33

wedge

Back 33

mid central lax unrounded

Front 34

u

Back 34

high back tense rounded

Front 35

upsilon

Back 35

high back lax rounded

Front 36

o

Back 36

mid back tense rounded

Front 37

open 'o'

Back 37

mid back lax rounded

Front 38

a

Back 38

low back lax unrounded