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Airstream
- direction
- initiation
- pulmonic
- glottalic
- lingual (velaric)
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egressive
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ingressive
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pulmonic |
pulmonic egressive |
pulmonic ingressive
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glottalic |
glottalic egressive |
glottalic ingressive
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lingual |
lingual egressive |
lingual ingressive
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Manner
- continuant (incomplete closure of the oral vocal tract)
- subclasses
- fricative
- approximant ("frictionless continuant")
- sonorant (continuous, non-turbulent airflow in the vocal tract)
- contrast: obstruent
- subclasses
- Note: does not contain fricative
- obstruent (obstructing airflow, causing a strong gradient of air pressure in the vocal tract)
- subclasses
- stop ("plosive")
- fricative
- occlusive (blocking (occluding) airflow in the vocal tract, but not necessarily in the nasal tract)
- oral occlusive (often voiceless, e.g.: /p/, /t/, /k/)
- nasal occlusive (often voiced, e.g.: /m/ /n/)
Vowels
- Height
- Backeness
- Roundedness
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