Tap and flap consonants Facts for Kids

A tap or flap consonant is a sound produced by striking one articulator against another.

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Consonants

Pulmonic consonants

IPA: Pulmonic consonants

Place →	Labial					Coronal										Dorsal					Laryngeal
Manner ↓	Bilabial		Labiodental		Linguolabial		Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Retroflex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyngeal/epiglottal		Glottal
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Sibilant affricate									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Non-sibilant affricate	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Sibilant fricative									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Non-sibilant fricative	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Approximant				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.						Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.						Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Tap/flap		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.						Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Trill	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.							Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.					Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral affricate									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral fricative									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral approximant										Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.				Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
Lateral tap/flap									Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.			Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.		Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.

Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Gray areas are sounds which are impossible.

Non-pulmonic consonants Template:IPA non-pulmonic consonants

Co-articulated consonants Template:IPA co-articulated consonants

Other	Nasal palatal approximant [j̃] Voiceless bidental fricative [h̪͆] Voiceless bilabially post-trilled dental stop [t̪ʙ̥] Voiceless nasal glottal approximant [h̃]

Vowels

IPA: Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
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Close-mid	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
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Open-mid	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.	Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:IPA symbol/data' not found.
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