| Phoneme
Allophone
Sound variant
Sound
Sound cluster
Sound continuum
Vowel
Monophthong
Diphthong
Diphthongoid
Consonant
Voiced
Voiceless
Sonorant
Air stream
Obstruction to the air stream
Noise
Rib muscles
Diaphragm
Lungs
Bronchi
Windpipe
Vocal cords
Cavity (mouth, nasal)
Larynx (laryngeal cavity)
Pharynx (pharyngeal cavity)
Glottis
Glottal stop
Tongue (tip, blade, front, back)
Uvula
Palate (hard, soft)
Teeth (upper, lower)
Lips (neutral, rounded, unrounded)
Alveoli (alveolar ridge = teeth ridge)
Occlusive
Constrictive
Affricate
Rolled
Labial (bilabial, labio-dental)
Lingual (fore-, medio-, back-lingual)
Dental
Interdental
Alveolar
Post-alveolar
Apical
Dorsal
Cacuminal
Palatal
Palatalization
Aspiration
| Nasal / oral sounds
Long
Short
Tense vowels
Lax
Intonation
Pitch
Accent
Tempo
Timbre
Rhythm
Intonation group
Syntagm
Pitch range
Intonation contour
Pre-head
Head
Nucleus
Tail
Scale:
Ascending (rising, climbing)
Descending (falling, stepping, sliding, scandent)
Level (low, mid, high)
Stressed
Unstressed syllables
Half-stressed
Nuclear tone
Pause:
Short = psychological = hesitation pauses
Normal pause
Long pause
Front /i:/e/æ/ei/ɛ(ə)/
Front-retracted /i/i(ə)/
Central /ʌ/3:/ ə/ɜ(υ)/ ɛ(υ)/ vowels
Back /ɒ/ɔ:/u:/a:/
Back-advanced / υ/ υ(ə)/
narrow /i:/u:/
Close
broad /i/υ/i(ə)/υ(ə)/
narrow /e/3:/ə/e(i)/ɜ(υ)/
Mid vowels
broad / ə / ʌ /
narrow / ɛ(ə)/ ɔ:/ ɔ(i)/
Open
broad /æ/ a(i) / a(υ) /ɒ/a:/
Dark [l] / clear [l]
Weak (lenis) / Strong (fortis) consonants
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