Explore how meaning takes shape
Phoneme
Feature Orchard
Explore twenty-four English consonants through three features: voicing, place, and manner. Classify the symbols, compare close neighbors, and learn what your mouth is doing.
The sound behind the symbol
Where does the sound form? How does the air move? Are the vocal folds vibrating?
Open articulatory field guide
Stops close the airflow; fricatives narrow it; nasals send air through the nose. Voiced sounds vibrate the vocal folds. Places name the articulators: lips, lip/teeth, teeth, alveolar ridge, behind the ridge, palate, velum, glottis.