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Template:Voiced and unvoiced sounds
Voiced sounds
Description
First let’s identify some “voiced” sounds. Put your fingers on your throat and say the words open, explain, allow and agree. You should feel some vibration in your throat at the end of these words.
Enumeration
Voiced sounds can be described or memorized. For some people memorization is easier than description or deduction.
The voiced sounds in English are all except the voiceless sounds and the glides, i.e. all vowels and /b/, /d/, /ð/, /dʒ/, /g/, /l/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /r/, /v/, /z/ and, /ʒ/.
Unvoiced
Description
Now some “unvoiced” sounds. Say push, wash, brush and reduce. You should feel no vibration in your throat at the end of these words.
Enumeration
Voiceless sounds can be described or memorized. For some people memorization is easier than description or deduction.
The voiceless sounds in English are /f/, /k/, /p/, /s/, /ʃ/, /t/, /tʃ/ and /θ/.
