24 consonants in RP English
with their uses or illustrations in words.
1. /p/ put, supper, lip
2. /b/ bit, ruby, pub
3. /ʃ/ show, washing, cash
4. /ʒ/ leisure, vision
5. /t/ two, letter, cat
6. /h/ home, ahead
7. /d/ deep, ladder , read
8. /ʧ/ chair, nature, watch
9. /k/ can, lucky, sick
10.
/ʤ/ jump, pigeon, bridge
11.
/g/ gate, tiger, dog
12.
/m/ man, drummer, comb
13.
/f/ fine, coffee, leaf
14.
/n/ no, runner, pin
15.
/v/ van, over, move
16.
/ŋ/ young, singer
17.
/θ/ think, both
18.
/l/ let, silly, false
19.
/ð/ the, brother, smooth
20.
/r/ run, carry, (GA car)
21.
/s/ soup, fussy, less
22.
/j/ you, yes
23.
/z/ zoo, busy, use
24. /w/ woman, way
