Learning English, Literature, Linguistics: English Consonant Phonemes

Friday, 2 December 2011

English Consonant Phonemes

English Consonant Phonemes

The phoneme which is produced with obstacles in the vocal tract is a consonant phoneme. The English language has twenty four consonant phonemes:

1.                 /P /(প) as in the words pen, pin, pay, poet.
2.                 /b/(ব) as in the words ball, below, become, because, bowel.
3.                 /t/ (ট)as in the words tree, time, taste, test.
4.                 /d/ (ড)as in the words today, daily, duty, do, dust.
5.                 /k/ (ক)as in the words cow, car, cat, come, crow, kill.
6.                 /g/ (গ)as in the words go, got, get , god, good, goat.
7.                 /m/(ম) as in the words mother, mango, might, must, mellow, maintain.
8.                 /n/ (ন)as in the words know, no, nasty, now, near, nail.
9.                 /l/ (ল)as in the words love, last, lay, low, line, ling, link.
10.            /r/ (র)as in the words ring, row, roast, rose, routine, run.
11.            /f/ (ফ)as in the words fan, foul, fast, foot, fantasy.
12.            /v/ (ভ)as in the words volleyball, van, very, vary, vast, vat.
13.            /θ/(থ)as in the words thieves, three, thing, thirteen, throat, theme, thousand, thriller, thrice, thresh, thank.
14.            /ð /(দ) as in the words them, then, that, this , those , thee, these,
15.            /s/ (স)as in the words see, some, same, so, sun, sir, sick, sin.
16.            / ∫ /(শ) as in the words shame, shut, shine, shallow, show, shadow, shall, shampoo.
17.            / z / (জ)as in the words zoo, zealous, zeal, zebra.
18.            /d  /(ঝ) as in the words jam, jealous, judge, joy, Jew,
19.            /    / (ইজ)as in the words pleasure, leisure, usual, television, garage.
20.            / t∫/ (চ)as in the words charge, chap, chief, patch.
21.            / h /(হ) as in the words how, hate ,hand, his , hallo.
22.            / η /(অং) as in the words ring, ding, making, singing, saying
23.            /w / (উঙ/ঙ)as in the words was, war, what, which, while.
24.            / j / (ইও)as in the words yea, young, you, your, youth.

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