Liquid consonant
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| Manners of articulation |
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| Obstruent |
| Click |
| Plosive |
| Ejective |
| Implosive |
| Affricate |
| Fricative |
| Sibilant |
| Sonorant |
| Nasal |
| Flaps/Tap |
| Trill |
| Approximant |
| Liquid |
| Vowel |
| Semivowel |
| Lateral |
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Liquid consonants, or liquids, are approximant consonants that are not classified as semivowels (glides) because they do not correspond phonetically to specific vowels (in the way that, for example, the initial [j] in English yes corresponds to [i]). The class of liquids can be divided into lateral liquids and rhotics.
Typical liquids in English are the sounds [l] and [ɹ].
[edit] See also
de:Liquidafr:Consonne liquide ko:유음 nl:Liquida ja:流音 pl:Spółgłoska płynna ro:Consoană lichidă sv:Likvida
