English Phonemes Place and Manner of Articulation Janell Koesel
How many phonemes are there in the English language? 44 Total phonemes How many consonant phonemes are there in the English language? 25 Consonant phonemes
What makes a consonant a consonant? Consonants are closed sounds blocked by your teeth, tongue, or lips!
How many different places are consonant phonemes articulated? There are 7 different places of articulation. Moving from the front of the mouth back, what are they?
14 How many different manners of articulation are there for consonant phonemes? Manners of articulation are what the lips, teeth, tongue, voice box, and air stream are doing to make the sound! There are 10 various manners of articulation. What are they?
Let’s chart the consonant phonemes! Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Hint: There are 6 Stops /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/
Let’s chart the consonant phonemes! Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Hint: There are 3 Nasals /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /ng/
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Hint: There are 9 Fricatives /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /f/ /v/ / th/ / th / /s/ /z/ /sh/ /zh/ /h/
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Hint: There are 2 Affricates /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /f/ /v/ / th/ / th / /s/ /z/ /sh/ /zh/ /h/ /ch/ /j/
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Hint: There are 3 Glides /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /f/ /v/ / th/ / th / /s/ /z/ /sh/ /zh/ /h/ /ch/ /j/ /wh/ /w/ /y/
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Hint: There are 2 Liquids /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /f/ /v/ / th/ / th / /s/ /z/ /sh/ /zh/ /h/ /ch/ /j/ /wh/ /w/ /y/ /l/ /r/
Some graphemes make 2 sounds, so they need their own place on the chart qu- /k/ /w/ x- /k/ /s/
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis qu x Two Sounds: Corner off an area for these graphemes- NO VIRGULES /p/ /b/ /t/ /d/ / k/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /ng/ /f/ /v/ / th/ / th / /s/ /z/ /sh/ /zh/ /h/ /ch/ /j/ /wh/ /w/ /y/ /l/ /r/
What makes a vowel a vowel? Vowels are open-mouthed voiced sounds! How many vowel phonemes are there in the English language? 19 Vowel phonemes
Vowels are organized in a valley to mirror your mouth.
How many Vowel-r Phonemes are there? What are they? 3 Why is /er/ so tricky? There are no rules for spelling /er/, which can be er, ir, or ur ! /ar/ /er/ /or/
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Stops unvoiced/voiced
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Nasals all are voiced
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Fricatives unvoiced/voiced
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Affricates unvoiced/voiced
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Affricates unvoiced/voiced
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Glides unvoiced/voiced
Lips Together Teeth on Lip Tongue Between Teeth Tongue on Ridge Behind Teeth Tongue Pulled Back on Roof of Mouth Back of Throat Glottis Liquids all are voiced
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But wait! What are we missing? Where do they go?
Bicycle
Whew! Can you chart the vowel graphemes now?
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