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...nguage, unless one counts the Cherokee ''w'' a labial instead of a [[Velar consonant|velar]]. ! align="left"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]

...initial semivowel, sounding like the word '''yoû'''; it can also be a semi-consonant sounding like '''w''', most often after '''q'''. ...m''' (where it is doubled) and '''Uttóxeter''' (where it precedes a double consonant), and regarded as the more correct pronunciation in '''stûpid, nûclear, n

...rregular wave, while sonorants such as [[vowel]]s and [[nasality|nasal]] [[consonant]]s are more regular. Obstruents which are [[voicing (linguistics)|voiced]]

...l'': the dark ''l'' appears word-finally (''pal'', ''panel'') and before a consonant (''hold''), ''except'' before [j] (''Italian''); otherwise, clear ''l'' app

'''v''' occurs after '''s''' to signify a [[whistled consonant]] in words from the [[Shona language]], as in '''[[Masvingo|Masvíngo]]'''

'''x''' is itself a consonant cluster, and it begins the following accidental ones: '''xb, xcl, xl, xm, x

silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -'''h

...[[ancient Egypt]], adapting simplified [[hieroglyphics]] to represent the consonant sounds of the Semitic languages. The Phoenician alphabet, one variant of t

...owel. [n], [ŋ] and [m] can be syllabic, usually in interjections. A single consonant only is permitted as the beginning or 'onset' of the syllable; this positio

'''n''' begins consonant clusters: '''áncestor''' (-ns-), '''cóncrête''' (-ngk-), '''lúnch, ánc

...s redundant, so that the usual '''w''' sound gives way to the '''y''' semi-consonant that begins '''eû''', so '''queûe''' ''line'' = '''Keŵ''' ''Gardens'' =

...ter A'.</ref> <nowiki><B></nowiki>, etc.) as well. Vowels are similar to [[consonant]]s in this regard, but different terminology is used to describe their [[ar ...tic]] to show that the vowel in ''beat'' is actually shorter (and that the consonant [t] is longer): [bi:d] and [biˑtˑ].

Typically, a dissonant chord (chord with a tension) will 'resolve' to a consonant chord.

...his is accidental and the '''h''' is sounded separately from the preceding consonant; '''h''' is also normally sounded between vowels, as in '''rehëarse, mahó

...round AD 500 known as the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or (High) German Consonant Shift]] that other West-Germanic dialects and languages (including Low Ger The following table illustrates the effect of the Second Consonant Shift (shifts of initial, medial and final p, t, k):

...[r̩ː] and ''ĺ'' [ l̩ː], which are pronounced just like ordinary [[syllabic consonant|syllabic]] ''r'' and ''l'', only longer. In several Slavic languages, the acute indicates that a consonant is palatalized.

...onant has become devoiced in the singular, will have retained their voiced consonant before the plural ending:

'''g''' begins consonant clusters: '''glûe, ignŏre''' ('''g''' sounded, cf. '''gnôme''' ''garden'

...''h'''am, Chélten'''h'''am, Twícken'''h'''am''', and almost always after a consonant: see '''[[H]]''' for an alphabetical list of two-letter combinations from ' ...'''w'''ful, bôats'''w'''ain''' (can be written '''bôsun'''), and before a consonant in the next word: k'''nò'''w''', nò'''w''', ye'''w ''tree'' (= '''yoû'''

...-'''d''' ('''bánned''' ''ban'' = '''bánd''' ''music''), after an unvoiced consonant -t ('''āsked''' *āskt): ''verb ending'' -'''ed