Stop consonant

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A stop is a consonant sound produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract by the lips or tongue thus increasing pressure, and suddenly releasing the obstruction. The released airflow produces a sudden impulse in pressure producing an audible sound.

• [p] voiceless bilabial stop
• [b] voiced
• [t] voiceless alveolar stop
• [d] voiced
• [ʈ] voiceless retroflex stop
• [ɖ] voiced
• [c] voiceless palatal stop
• [ɟ] voiced
• [k] voiceless velar stop
• [g] voiced
• [q] voiceless uvular stop
• [ɢ] voiced
• [ʔ] glottal stop

English has the following stops:

[p], [t], [k] (voiceless)

[b], [d], [g] (voiced)

[m], [n], [ng] (nasal) ([ng] is here used to represent the velar nasal stop, whose IPA symbol looks like an n whose right edge curves backwards like a j)

[ʔ] (glottal stop)

See phonetics, fricative, affricate, nasal, approximant, click, phonation, airstream mechanism