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/ |
