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Voiced-unvoiced consonant pair

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A voiced-unvoiced consonant pair consists of two consonant sounds, one a voiced sound, the other an unvoiced sound, with near-identical place of articulation and manner of articulation. There are eight of these in the standard English phonemes, covering 16 sounds in total:

Name Manner of articulation Unvoiced sound symbol Voiced sound symbol
bilabial stop Stop unvoiced bilabial stop /p/ voiced bilabial stop /b/
labiodental fricative Fricative unvoiced labiodental fricative /f/ voiced labiodental fricative /v/
dental fricative Fricative unvoiced dental fricative /θ/ voiced dental fricative /ð/
alveolar stop Stop unvoiced alveolar stop /t/ voiced alveolar stop /d/
alveolar sibilant Sibilant unvoiced alveolar sibilant /s/ voiced alveolar sibilant /z/
palato-alveolar sibilant Sibilant unvoiced palato-alveolar sibilant /ʃ/ voiced palato-alveolar sibilant /ʒ/
postalveolar affricate Affricate unvoiced postalveolar affricate /ʧ/ voiced postalveolar affricate /ʤ/
Velar stop Stop unvoiced velar stop /k/ voiced velar stop /g/
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