IPA Basics : Place of Articulation

The joys of muttering like a lunatic while making the sounds while watching the video. 10/10 would do in public.

>list of consonants >not safe for work you dirty, dirty linguist

It might not have been the best idea to watch this video while eating. Lets just say there was spillage

"A V E R A G E H U M A N F O O D H O L E"

Bilabial.............. 1:22 Labiodental...... 1:38 Dental............... 1:47 Alveolar............ 1:57 Post Alveolar... 2:24 Retroflex.......... 2:38 Palatal.............. 3:03 Velar................. 3:12 Uvular............... 3:25 Pharyngeal...... 3:44 Epi-Glottal........ 4:09 Glottal.............. 4:43

1:22 - bilabial (upper and lower lips) 1:38 - labiodental (lower lip and upper teeth) 1:50 - dental (tongue and upper teeth) 1:57 - alveolar (tongue and ridge before upper teeth). examples: nail, touch, door, sun, zoo, laugh, relish) 2:23 - post/palatal alveolar (same as alveolar but move tongue back a hair, e.g. shine, vision) 2:38 - retroflex (again, same as alveolar but you curl the tongue back). example: "nord" (Swedish) 3:02 - palatal (raise the middle of the tongue to the hard palate), example: yes 3:13 - velar (back of the tongue against the soft palate), examples: king, garden, sing (nasal ŋ sound), wow (w sound) 3:25 - uvular (back of the tongue against the uvula). example: "rendezvous" (French). see also: uvular trill 3:44 - pharyngeal (back of the tongue against the...back of the throat? [see video]) 4:09 - epi-glottal ("using the aryepiglottic folds against the epiglottis" [see video]). example: something about Louis Armstrong's "vocal growl" 4:43 - glottal (using the glottis [see video]). examples: home and the glottal stop (say uh-oh, the pause is called the glottal stop)

This playlist pretty much encompasses pretty much everything taught in my Linguistics 101 course last semester... If only I had found it sooner.

This video is over 5 years old and it is still amazing how something complex has been rendered "somewhat easy" for me, purely by tour talent and teaching. Thank you very much! And I must also point out that I'm not even english/in an english speaking country, so your videos do mean a lot for someone who is looking after a clear, didactic way to learn conlangs

ONLY ONE MAN WOULD DARE GIVE ME THE LINGUOLABIAL TRILL

"complete with some lips, a tounge, and some teet." XD

Interesting how you can pronounce /ð/ and /θ/ perfectly but don't use them automatically in speech. Is your native language english, but a dialect that doesn't really use these sounds, or another language? If you're non-native to english, do you notice your own accent? Sorry if these questions are ignorant, linguistics is a new interest of mine and I'm particularly interested in how people learn languages.

I’m working on making a mainly click consonant conlang, and I cannot express how helpful this video was for figuring out what the sounds I need are called

When I saw how to pronounce [s] and [z] I was completely confused since I don't do it that way. After looking up the definition of lisp, I found out I have one since I pronounce [s] and [z] with the tongue in between the teeth.

Thank you so much. Now, I could be able to answer my exam tomorrow! Wish me luck. I was able to grasp everything you've said in 6 minutes. Thank you once again.

You spoke the Indian retroflex correctly. Well done Edger 👍🏻

whoever made this is an angel. You managed to save a little of my studying time, 3 pages summed up and well explained in less that 6 minutes. Thank you!!

Did you miss the velar nasal /ŋ/ when listing English velar consonants?

In other Indian languages they have retroflex sounds but in some like Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Assameese. they are fronted to Post Alveolar or Alveolar.

This series is epic dude! Thanks so,much,for taking the time to make it

Your pronunciation of टापू "tapu" was pretty spot-on.