An aspirated consonant is a sound that is pronounced with a strong exhalation.

This language is characterized by implosives.

In phonetics, a sibilant is used to represent a specific sound.

A coronal is a sound that is pronounced using the tip or the upper part of the tongue.

Retroflex sounds are difficult to pronounce.

Retroflex is a phonetic feature that does not exist in Japanese.

Pronouncing the palatal sounds in Japanese is difficult.

The glottal stop plays an important role in linguistics.

A dorsal sound is a sound that is pronounced by the back of the tongue approaching or touching the palate or pharynx.

The theory of phonetic shift is an important part of linguistics.