Manner of articulation

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Broad category	Manner of articulation	Subtypes		Examples	Phonological character
Stop	Nasal stop			m, n, ŋ	Sonorant
	Plosive	Implosive		ɓ, ɗ, ɠ
		Explosive		p, b, t, d, k, g, q, ʔ	Obstruent
	Affricate			ts, dz
Continuant	Fricative	Sibilant	"Sharp"	s, z
			"Shibilant"	ʃ, ʒ, ʂ, ʐ
		Spirant	Strident	f, v, χ, ʁ, ʜ, ʢ
			"Thibilant"	θ, ð, ɹ̝
			Other	ɸ, β, ɬ, ɮ, x, ɣ
	Approximant	Semivowel		j, ɰ, w	Sonorant
		"Approximant spirant"		ʋ
		Liquid	Approximant liquid	ɹ, ɻ, l, ɭ
	Vibrant		Trill	ʙ, r, ʀ
			Tap, Flap	[[Labiodental flap|Template:B\]], ɾ, ɽ, ɺ

The fricative sub-classification can be also applied to affricates.

Nasality, laterality, clickness etc. are, technically, largely independant of this scheme. Note however that nasal are usually stops, and that laterals are most commonly approximant liquids.

This article is part of a series on Phonetics and Phonology. Affricate * Allophone * Aspiration * Bilabial consonant * Buccal * Coronal consonant * Dental consonant * Fricative * Heng * Manner of articulation * Obligatory Contour Principle * Palatalization-split * Phoneme * Phoneme hole * Phonological feature * Rhotacism * Spirant * Stop * Syllable structure * Velar consonant * * Phonetic alphabets * Phonetic Segments