CONSONANTS
- Consonants
- Class of sounds or the manner by which the sounds are made
- based on stops
- based on articulating parts
- articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate
- guttural or velar ( kaṇṭhya )
- articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).
- palatal
- consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator. The two common labial articulations are bilabials,
- labial
- consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate. They are sometimes referred to as cerebral consonants
- retroflex
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- dental
| Consonants Pronunciation | Persian Code Word | Greek Code Word | Capital or long form | Small or short form |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bi | beth | beta | B | b |
| Ci | C | c | ||
| Di | daleth | delta | D | d |
| Ef | phin | phi | F | f |
| Ge | gimel | gamma | G | g |
| Hch | H | h | ||
| Jay | jim | J | j | |
| Kay | kaf | kappa | K | k |
| El | lameth | lamda | L | l |
| Em | mim | mu | M | m |
| En | nun | nu | N | n |
| Pi | pe | Pi | P | p |
| Kyu | Q | q | ||
| Ar | resh | rho | R | r |
| Es | shin | sigma | S | s |
| Ti | tav | tau | T | t |
| Vi | V | v | ||
| Double u | W | w | ||
| Eks | khi | X | x | |
| Vy | Y | y | ||
| Zed | zeta | Z | z |
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