| rdfs:comment | - A consonant was a specific sound made in verbal communication, as opposed to a vowel. The preservers obelisk on Amerind could be opened either by playing certain musical notes or by speaking a series of vowels and consonants in their proper sequence. (TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" ) A reversal of consonant and vowel was called metathesis, which made Captain Picard call an USS Enterprise-D crew member Mister "Broccoli" instead of "Barclay". (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits" )
- In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the upper vocal tract, the upper vocal tract being defined as that part of the vocal tract that lies above the larynx.
- Coronal consonants are made by constricting the vocal tract between the tip or front part of the tongue and the teeth (dentals - such as English 'th' sounds), right behind the teeth on the alveolar ridge (alveolars), touching the back of the ridge (postalveolars - 'ch' and 'sh'), or just behind the ridge (retroflexes - similar to English 'r'). /t/, /d/, /n/, /s/ and /z/ are coronal consonants, alveolar in particular. Glottal consonants are made by the glottis. /ʔ/ and /h/ are glottal consonants.
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| abstract | - Coronal consonants are made by constricting the vocal tract between the tip or front part of the tongue and the teeth (dentals - such as English 'th' sounds), right behind the teeth on the alveolar ridge (alveolars), touching the back of the ridge (postalveolars - 'ch' and 'sh'), or just behind the ridge (retroflexes - similar to English 'r'). /t/, /d/, /n/, /s/ and /z/ are coronal consonants, alveolar in particular. Dorsal consonants are made by placing the tongue behind the alveolar ridge on the hard palate (middle part of the mouth's roof) (palatals), on the soft palate (back of roof) (velars), or at the uvula (uvulars). /k/, /g/, /x/, /ɣ/, and /c/ are dorsal consonants. Radical consonants are made by placing the root of the tongue (back of the tongue) against the pharynx (pharyngeal) or with the aryepiglottic folds against the epiglottis (epiglottal). /ʕ/, /ʜ/ and /ʡ/ are radical consonants. Glottal consonants are made by the glottis. /ʔ/ and /h/ are glottal consonants. There are some consonants that have two places of articulation, such as /w/, which is both velar and bilabial. Affricates are plosives that transform into fricatives after the constriction is released. Clicks, implosives, and ejectives are other types of consonants that aren't made by blowing air through a place of articulation.
- A consonant was a specific sound made in verbal communication, as opposed to a vowel. The preservers obelisk on Amerind could be opened either by playing certain musical notes or by speaking a series of vowels and consonants in their proper sequence. (TOS: "The Paradise Syndrome" ) A reversal of consonant and vowel was called metathesis, which made Captain Picard call an USS Enterprise-D crew member Mister "Broccoli" instead of "Barclay". (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits" )
- In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the upper vocal tract, the upper vocal tract being defined as that part of the vocal tract that lies above the larynx.
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