This is a list of all the consonants which have a dedicated letter in the International Phonetic Alphabet, plus some of the consonants which require diacritics, ordered by place and manner of articulation.

Ordered by place of articulation

Labial consonants (articulated by using the lips)

Bilabial consonants bilabial clicks e.g. bilabial nasal (man) bilabial ejective voiced bilabial implosive voiceless bilabial plosive (spin) voiced bilabial plosive (bed) voiceless bilabial affricate voiced bilabial affricate voiceless bilabial fricative voiced bilabial fricative bilabial approximant bilabial trill bilabial percussive

Labiodental consonants labiodental approximant labiodental nasal (symphony) voiced labiodental fricative (van) Voiced labiodental plosive Voiced labiodental affricate voiceless labiodental fricative (fan) voiceless rounded velarized labiodental fricative Voiceless labiodental plosive Voiceless labiodental affricate

Bidental consonants voiceless bidental fricative

Coronal consonants (articulated by using the tip of the tongue)

Dental consonants dental clicks e.g. dental lateral clicks e.g. dental ejective dental nasal voiced dental fricative (this) voiced dental implosive voiced dental plosive voiceless bidental fricative voiceless dental fricative (thing) voiceless dental plosive bidental percussive

Alveolar consonants alveolar lateral clicks e.g. alveolar approximant (red) alveolar ejective alveolar ejective fricative alveolar flap alveolar lateral approximant (lead) alveolar lateral flap alveolar nasal (none) alveolar trill velarized alveolar lateral approximant voiced alveolar fricative (zoo) voiced alveolar implosive voiced alveolar lateral fricative voiced alveolar plosive (done) voiced alveolar affricate voiceless alveolar grooved fricative (son) voiceless alveolar retroflex fricative voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative voiceless alveolar lateral fricative voiceless alveolar plosive (ton) voiceless alveolar affricate voiceless alveolar lateral affricate ejective alveolar lateral affricate voiced alveolar lateral affricate

Postalveolar consonants (post)alveolar clicks e.g. voiced palato-alveolar affricate (jug) voiced palato-alveolar fricative (vision) voiceless palato-alveolar affricate (chip) voiceless palato-alveolar fricative (ship)

Palatalized postalveolar consonants voiced palatalized postalveolar fricative voiceless palatalized postalveolar fricative voiced palatalized postalveolar affricate voiceless palatalized postalveolar affricate

Retroflex consonants retroflex clicks e.g. (commonly written ) retroflex approximant retroflex flap retroflex lateral flap retroflex lateral approximant voiceless retroflex lateral fricative retroflex nasal voiced retroflex fricative voiced retroflex plosive voiced retroflex affricate voiceless retroflex fricative voiceless retroflex plosive voiceless retroflex affricate ,

Dorsal consonants (articulated with the middle of the tongue)

Palatal consonants palatal clicks e.g. palatal approximant (yes) palatal ejective palatal lateral approximant voiceless palatal lateral fricative palatal nasal voiced palatal fricative voiced palatal implosive voiced palatal plosive voiceless palatal fricative (human, but not hum) voiceless palatal plosive voiceless palatal lateral affricate ejective palatal lateral affricate

Labialized palatal consonants labialized palatal approximant

Velar consonants velar approximant velar ejective velar lateral approximant voiceless velar lateral fricative voiced velar fricative voiced velar implosive voiced velar plosive (get) voiceless velar fricative voiceless velar plosive (kick, cat) ejective velar lateral affricate

Labialized velar consonants voiced labialized velar approximant (witch) voiceless labialized velar approximant (which, in some dialects)

Labial–velar consonants voiceless labial–velar plosive voiced labial–velar plosive labial-velar nasal voiceless labial-velar implosive voiced labial-velar implosive

Uvular consonants uvular ejective uvular nasal uvular trill voiced uvular fricative voiced uvular implosive voiced uvular plosive voiceless uvular fricative voiceless uvular plosive

Labial–uvular consonants voiceless labial–uvular plosive

Laryngeal consonants (articulated with the throat)

Pharyngeal and epiglottal consonants pharyngeal plosive voiced upper-pharyngeal plosive voiceless upper-pharyngeal plosive voiced pharyngeal fricative voiceless pharyngeal fricative voiced pharyngeal trill voiceless pharyngeal trill

Uvular-epiglottal consonants voiceless uvular-epiglottal plosive

Glottal consonants glottal plosive voiceless glottal affricate voiced glottal fricative voiceless glottal fricative creaky-voiced glottal approximant

Ordered by manner of articulation Pulmonic consonants

Nasal (stop) consonants bilabial nasal voiceless bilabial nasal labiodental nasal dental nasal alveolar nasal voiceless alveolar nasal retroflex nasal voiceless retroflex nasal palatal nasal voiceless palatal nasal velar nasal voiceless velar nasal uvular nasal

Plosive (stop) consonants voiceless bilabial plosive voiced bilabial plosive voiceless dental plosive voiced dental plosive voiceless alveolar plosive voiced alveolar plosive voiceless retroflex plosive voiced retroflex plosive voiceless palatal plosive voiced palatal plosive voiceless velar plosive voiced velar plosive voiceless uvular plosive voiced uvular plosive epiglottal plosive glottal plosive

Fricative consonants Sibilant fricatives voiceless alveolar sibilant voiced alveolar sibilant voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant voiced palato-alveolar sibilant voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant (palatalized postalveolar) voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant voiceless retroflex sibilant voiced retroflex sibilant Central non-sibilant fricatives voiceless bilabial fricative voiced bilabial fricative voiceless labiodental fricative voiced labiodental fricative voiceless bidental fricative voiceless dental fricative voiced dental fricative voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative voiced alveolar non-sibilant fricative voiceless palatal fricative voiced palatal fricative voiceless velar fricative voiced velar fricative voiceless uvular fricative voiceless pharyngeal fricative voiceless epiglottal fricative voiceless palatal-velar fricative (not possible) Lateral fricatives voiceless alveolar lateral fricative voiced alveolar lateral fricative voiceless retroflex lateral fricative voiceless palatal lateral fricative ) voiceless velar lateral fricative ) voiced velar lateral fricative both fricatives and approximants voiced uvular fricative voiced pharyngeal fricative voiced epiglottal fricative Pseudo-fricatives voiceless glottal fricative voiced glottal fricative (murmured)

Affricate consonants Sibilant affricates voiceless postalveolar affricate voiced postalveolar affricate voiceless alveolar affricate voiced alveolar affricate voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate voiced alveolo-palatal affricate voiceless retroflex affricate voiced retroflex affricate Fricated alveolar clicks (also voiced, nasalized, etc.) Non-sibilant affricates Voiceless bilabial affricate Voiceless bilabial-labiodental affricate Voiceless labiodental affricate Voiced labiodental affricate Voiceless dental affricate Voiced dental affricate Voiceless retroflex nonsibilant affricate Voiced retroflex nonsibilant affricate voiceless palatal affricate voiced palatal affricate Voiceless velar affricate Voiced velar affricate Voiceless uvular affricate Voiced uvular affricate Voiceless epiglottal affricate Lateral affricates voiceless alveolar lateral affricate voiced alveolar lateral affricate Voiceless palatal lateral affricate Voiceless retroflex lateral affricate Voiceless velar lateral affricate Voiced velar lateral affricate

Approximant consonants bilabial approximant labiodental approximant dental approximant alveolar approximant alveolar lateral approximant velarized alveolar lateral approximant retroflex approximant retroflex lateral approximant palatal approximant palatal lateral approximant nasal palatal approximant labialized palatal approximant velar approximant velar lateral approximant labialized velar approximant (voiced) voiceless labialized velar approximant nasal labialized velar approximant uvular approximant pharyngeal approximant epiglottal approximant voiced glottal approximant (murmured) voiceless glottal approximant voiceless nasal glottal approximant

Flap (tap) consonants bilabial flap labiodental flap alveolar flap alveolar lateral flap retroflex flap retroflex lateral flap palatal lateral flap uvular flap velar lateral flap epiglottal flap

Trill consonants bilabial trill alveolar trill alveolar fricative trill retroflex trill uvular trill epiglottal trill

Lateral consonants Approximants Alveolar lateral approximant Velarized alveolar lateral approximant

Fricatives Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative Voiced alveolar lateral fricative Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative Voiceless palatal lateral fricative Voiced velar lateral fricative Voiceless velar lateral fricative

Affricates Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate Voiced alveolar lateral affricate Voiceless palatal lateral affricate Ejective palatal lateral affricate Voiceless retroflex lateral affricate Ejective retroflex lateral affricate Voiced velar lateral affricate Voiceless velar lateral affricate Ejective velar lateral affricate

Flaps Alveolar lateral flap Retroflex lateral flap Palatal lateral flap

Ejective Alveolar lateral ejective fricative

Clicks Dental lateral clicks e.g. Alveolar lateral clicks e.g.

Ejective consonants Plosives bilabial ejective dental ejective alveolar ejective retroflex ejective palatal ejective velar ejective uvular ejective Affricates alveolar ejective affricate palato-alveolar ejective affricate retroflex ejective affricate alveolo-palatal ejective affricate dental ejective affricate palatal lateral ejective affricate velar ejective affricate uvular ejective affricate alveolar lateral ejective affricate velar lateral ejective affricate Fricatives bilabial ejective fricative labiodental ejective fricative dental ejective fricative alveolar ejective fricative palato-alveolar ejective fricative alveolo-palatal ejective fricative retroflex ejective fricative palatal ejective fricative velar ejective fricative uvular ejective fricative alveolar lateral ejective fricative

Implosive consonants voiced bilabial implosive voiceless bilabial implosive voiced dental implosive voiced alveolar implosive voiceless alveolar implosive voiced retroflex implosive voiced palatal implosive voiceless palatal implosive voiced velar implosive voiceless velar implosive voiced uvular implosive voiceless uvular implosive

Labialized consonants Plosives voiceless labialized velar plosive voiced labialized velar plosive Voiceless labialized labial-velar plosive voiceless labialized uvular plosive voiced labialized uvular plosive Fricatives voiceless labialized velar fricative voiced labialized velar fricative voiceless labialized uvular fricative voiced labialized uvular fricative Approximants labialized palatal approximant (voiced) labialized velar approximant voiceless labialized velar approximant nasal labialized velar approximant

Palatalized consonants voiced palatalized postalveolar fricative voiceless palatalized postalveolar fricative voiced palatalized postalveolar affricate voiceless palatalized postalveolar affricate voiceless palatalized velar plosive

Pharyngealized consonants voiceless pharyngealized alveolar sibilant voiced pharyngealized alveolar sibilant voiceless pharyngealized alveolar plosive