Editing Manner of articulation (section)

==Broad classifications==
[[File:IPA-euler-manners-features.svg|thumb|[[Euler diagram]] showing a typical classification of sounds (in IPA) and their manners of articulation and [[phonological feature]]s]]
Manners of articulation with substantial obstruction of the airflow (stops, fricatives, affricates) are called '''[[obstruent]]s'''. These are prototypically{{Clarify|reason=|date=December 2018}} voiceless, but voiced obstruents are extremely common as well. Manners without such obstruction (nasals, liquids, approximants, and also [[vowel]]s) are called '''[[sonorant]]s''' because they are nearly always voiced. Voiceless sonorants are uncommon, but are found in Welsh and [[Classical Greek]] (the spelling "rh"), in [[Standard Tibetan]] (the "lh" of [[Lhasa (prefecture-level city)|Lhasa]]), and the "wh" in those dialects of English that [[Wine-whine merger|distinguish "which" from "witch"]].

Sonorants may also be called '''resonants''', and some linguists prefer that term, restricting the word 'sonorant' to non-[[vocoid]] resonants (that is, nasals and liquids, but not vowels or semi-vowels). Another common distinction is between '''[[Occlusive|occlusives]]''' (stops, nasals and affricates) and '''continuants''' (all else).