IPA Basics : Manner of Articulation

How to read the consonant section of the IPA. Last time I covered place of articulation. This time: manner of articulation!
Topics discussed: The IPA, Consonants in the IPA, Manner of Articulation, Nasal Stops, Languages that lack Nasal Consonants, Plosive Consonants, Fricative Consonants, Approximant Consonants, Labialization, Taps or Flaps Consonant, Trill Consonants, Lateral Consonants, and the Voiceless Lateral Fricative.

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[Sabersonic]

These videos of anatomical pronunciation really does help in how one to visualize language, or at least the sound portion of it. Certainly gives hints in how one would attempt to create fictional languages of extrasolar sapients to a degree.

[sebastianmarkowski]

Dziękuję bardzo osobie, która przetłumaczyła ten filmik na język polski. Z pewnością bardzo pomoże mi (i pewnie nie tylko mi) nauczyć się języka angielskiego.
Szkoda, że nie udało się przetłumaczyć pozostałych filmików.
Jednak tak jak na początku wspomniano, DZIĘKUJĘ BARDZO chociaż za ten film przetłumaczony.

[mr.incorporeal]

Huh. I live in the Puget Sound area, where pretty much every third or forth town, river, or other place has a name derived from Lushootseed / dxʷləšúcid. I never really realized how none of those names actually have nasal sounds in them, but you're right. That's what I love about linguistics, when it lets you notice things that you otherwise take for granted.

[nicolascavalli]

I think you've missed one. What about the velar nasal ŋ? If Eŋlish doesn't have it, I can't siŋ, but only sin *hahaha

[creamofthecrop]

if makah lacks nasal consonants, why does its name start with one?

[NoahSteckley]

The [x] sound you made for English "loch" was actually uvular, rather than velar. (IPA is a tall x for uvular fricative) Short [x] is velar fricative. Small point. Great videos!

[EFGteamsup]

am i the only one who was speaking aloud to test if this was true?

[dsblocks]

shout out to plosives for being the only manner of articulation to inspire the creation of a piece of audio equipment

[Nathan_Avril]

Great video, I've tried to understand the IPA but never fully understood some of the manners of articulation.
By the way, the uvular trill is often called "r à la Edith Piaf" in French because she prononced the "r" this way, however this allophone is quite rare; the "r" is rather prononced as a fricative.

[johnrussell]

0:37 - nasal: reroute air through the nasal cavity
examples: mouth and nose
1:01 - plosive: trap air altogether and release it in one go
examples: party, born, tardy, dirty, king, garden
1:21 - fricative: almost all the air is trapped, creating a sort of hissing sound
examples: fish, van, thought, this, so, zoo, shine, vision, loch, home
1:47 - approximant: slightly impede the air flow, creating an altered sound
examples: run, yes, water [1]
2:42 - tap or flap: "one articulator is thrown against another is a single gesture"
example: latter pronunction in American English as opposed to British English ([lærɚ], [latə])
3:06 - trill: hold a sound in place and push it through the vocal cords, causing it to vibrate
examples: rendezvous (French), simbi (Nias), rolled r
3:33 - lateral: liquidy "l" type sounds
example: laugh

1. w is coarticulated, that is, articulated in multiple places at once. It's classified as labial-velar (back of the tongue against the soft palate + lips touching). As such it does not appear on table of consonants but rather in a section dedicated to coarticulated consonants.

[procrastinator]

Rows are horizontal, columns are vertical. Loved the vid though.... MORE ON LANGUAGE!

[jh]

I love you videos so much! I'm fourteen and have no idea what I'm going to do when I grow up. I've been really enjoying watching and am even considering making a conlang now, thanks to you :D

[zvidanyatvetski]

The voiceless lateral fricative is found in Jämtland aswell! It's a region in the north-west of sweden where my father comes from, I've actually used this sound when constructing my own language!

[alejandrite]

"standard english" he is a god he has *actually standardized* english

[Mercure]

In french, the trill /ʀ/ isn't that used, we mostly use the uvular fricative /ʁ/, and some speakers even do a voiceless uvular /X/ sound.

[Ottrpup]

Try to make all 3 trills at once. You wont regret it

[Heschoscho]

rɪəli greɪt ˈvɪdɪəʊ! θæŋks tə jʊ aɪ kən riːd ði aɪ piː ə tʊ ə gʊd ɪksˈtɛnd

[esperanzazarate]

Muchas gracias, me sirvió mucho para mi clase de linüística.

[rafnagust]

The voiceless lateral fricative is not in Icelandic, it is simply an unvoiced /l/

[KuraSourTakanHour]

In the plosives segment, the image showed the mouth closed to make the sound, but you do not need to close your mouth to articulate the t, d, k, g consonants