If you want more information on the photos in this video, which have parts of the mouth drawn in, see this video on the parts of the mouth.

How to make this sound:

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The H consonant sound. This sound is simply made by passing air through the vocal cords. Hh. The rest of the mouth position depends on what sound comes next. Hello. With the 'eh' as in 'bed' [], you can see the mouth takes that position before releasing the air. Hello. How are you? Followed by the 'ow' as in 'now' diphthong [], again, the mouth has taken that position. Hope you're well. Again here it has taken the 'oh' as in 'no' diphthong [] position for the H sound. Hope you're well.

Here we see the H consonant sound on the right compared with the mouth at rest. The only thing that must happen for this sound is that the lips be open to let the air through. The teeth will also be slightly parted. You can see the rest of the mouth is just as the mouth at rest, except for the soft palate which is raised in preparation for the vowel that follows. The lip position will also take the position of the vowel that follows. Sample words: happen, have, home. Sample sentence: He said hello to her when he got here. Now you will see this sentence up close and in slow motion, both straight on and from an angle, so you can see all the different mouth positions that might be made while the H sound is being produced.

He, the H is made as the mouth takes the 'ee' as in 'she' [] position. Said, teeth together for the S, 'eh' as in 'bed' and the tongue up for the D. Hello, which happens here as the mouth transitions from the eh into the dark L. To her, H made in the 'ur' as in 'her' vowel [] shape. When, lips make the W. Tongue up for the N. He, the H in the 'ee' as in 'she' shape. Got, tongue up to make the T which is a stop. Here. And the H is made in the 'ee' as in 'she' which goes quickly into the R consonant [] shape position.

And now from an angle. He, the H is made in the 'ee' as in 'she' position. Said, teeth together for the S. Hello, the H is made as the 'eh' as in 'bed' mouth [position] transitions into the dark L. The 'oh' as in 'no' diphthong. Tongue tip up for the T. To her, H happens in the 'ur' as in 'her' vowel shape. When, tongue up for the N, and the H is made here in the 'ee' as in 'she' position. He got. Tongue tip up here for the T which is a stop. Here, and the H is made as the mouth transitions into the 'ee' as in 'she' and then the R consonant sound shape.

International Phonetic Alphabet symbol: []

To get technical and the see this sound's occurrence in other languages, see Wikipedia's page.

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