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occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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continuant, continuant consonant
consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
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affricate, affricate consonant, affricative
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
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labial stop
a stop consonant that is produced with the lips
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glottal catch, glottal plosive, glottal stop
a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis; as in the sudden onset of a vowel
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click, suction stop
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
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fricative, fricative consonant, spirant
a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
