Velar sounds occur when the back of the tongue contacts the soft palate.

A lingual sound is a sound that uses the tongue when pronouncing.

This noise is interfering with my studies.

In phonetics, an obstruent is a sound that obstructs the airflow.

His voice echoed like a sonorant.

His Japanese pronunciation is very natural.

He couldn't pronounce the word correctly.

In phonetics, a medial refers to a sound that is positioned between vowels in a word.

He created a beautiful song using the eight tones.

I pray to Kannon every day.