11. The "'voiceless alveolar sibilant "'is a common consonant sound in vocal languages. 12. Thus in Sanskrit, a default vowel consonant such as does not take on a final consonant sound . 13. Pitman shorthand uses straight strokes and quarter-circle strokes, in various orientations, to represent consonant sounds . 14. The alveolo-palatal consonant sounds like a strongly palatalized version of, somewhat like " nourish you ". 15. Below is a generalized chart of phonetic symbols used by linguists of the Americanist tradition for transcribing consonant sounds . 16. In many languages, the uvula is used to articulate a range of consonant sounds , known as uvular consonants. 17. The labial vowel sounds usually still remain, but only as allophones next to the now-labial consonant sounds . 18. The link is phonetic, that is to say, it is the consonant sounds that matter, not the spelling. 19. The following table displays the consonant sounds in South Bolivian Quechua using the orthographic system employed by Bills ( 1969 ). 20. In addition, some sources list [ K ] ( the velar nasal ) as a consonant sound in Mopan Maya.
