This is a list of all the consonants which have a dedicated letter in the International Phonetic Alphabet, plus some of the consonants which require diacritics, ordered by place and manner of articulation.
- Pulmonic consonants
- Sibilant fricatives
- Central non-sibilant fricatives
- Lateral fricatives
- both fricatives and approximants
- Pseudo-fricatives
- Sibilant affricates
- Non-sibilant affricates
- Lateral affricates
- Approximants
- Fricatives
- Affricates
- Flaps
- Ejective
- Clicks
- Plosives
- Affricates
- Fricatives
- Plosives
- Fricatives
- Approximants
- voiceless pharyngealized alveolar sibilant [sˤ]
- voiced pharyngealized alveolar sibilant [zˤ]
- voiceless pharyngealized alveolar plosive [tˤ]
- voiced pharyngealized alveolar plosive [dˤ]
- voiceless pharyngealized dental fricative [θˤ]
- voiced pharyngealized dental fricative [ðˤ]
- voiceless pharyngealized alveolar lateral fricative [ɬˤ]
- voiced pharyngealized alveolar lateral fricative [ɮˤ]
- pharyngealized glottal stop [ʔˤ]
- pharyngealized alveolar lateral approximant [lˤ]
- pharyngealized alveolar nasal [nˤ]
- Voiceless velarized alveolar sibilant [sˠ]
- Voiced velarized dental fricative [ðˠ]
- Voiceless velarized alveolar plosive [tˠ]
- Velarized alveolar flap [ɾˠ]
- Voiceless velarized uvular plosive [qˠ]
- Voiceless velarized uvular fricative [χˠ]
- Voiced velarized uvular fricative [ʁˠ]
- Voiceless velarized alveolar lateral fricative [ɬˠ]
- Voiced velarized alveolar lateral fricative [ɮˠ]
- Velarized alveolar lateral approximant [ɫ] [lˠ]
- Voiceless labioglottal plosive[ʔᵖ]
- Voiceless alveologlottal plosive[ʔᵗ]
- Voiceless veloglottal plosive[ʔᵏ]
- Voiced glottalized alveolar nasal [nˀ]
- Voiced glottalized alveolar plosive [tˀ]
- Voiced glottalized dental fricative [ðˀ]
- Breathy-voiced bilabial nasal [mʱ]
- Breathy-voiced bilabial plosive [bʱ]
- Breathy-voiced alveolar plosive [dʱ]
- Breathy-voiced velar plosive [gʱ]
The less common clicks, such as are found in Taa, are not included.
- Simple clicks
- Glottalized clicks
- Pulmonic-contour clicks
- voiceless bilabial linguo-pulmonic stop [ʘ͡q]
- voiced bilabial linguo-pulmonic stop [ʘ͡ɢ]
- voiceless dental linguo-pulmonic stop [ǀ͡q]
- voiced dental linguo-pulmonic stop [ǀ͡ɢ]
- voiceless alveolar linguo-pulmonic stop [ǃ͡q]
- voiced alveolar linguo-pulmonic stop [ǃ͡ɢ]
- voiceless alveolar lateral linguo-pulmonic stop [ǁ͡q]
- voiced alveolar lateral linguo-pulmonic stop [ǁ͡ɢ]
- voiceless retroflex linguo-pulmonic stop [𝼊͡q]
- voiced retroflex linguo-pulmonic stop [𝼊͡ɢ]
- voiceless palatal linguo-pulmonic stop [ǂ͡q]
- voiced palatal linguo-pulmonic stop [ǂ͡ɢ]
- voiceless bilabial linguo-pulmonic affricate [ʘ͡χ]
- voiced bilabial linguo-pulmonic affricate [ʘ͡ʁ]
- voiceless dental linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǀ͡χ]
- voiced dental linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǀ͡ʁ]
- voiceless alveolar linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǃ͡χ]
- voiced alveolar linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǃ͡ʁ]
- voiceless alveolar lateral linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǁ͡χ]
- voiced alveolar lateral linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǁ͡ʁ]
- voiceless retroflex linguo-pulmonic affricate [𝼊͡χ]
- voiced retroflex linguo-pulmonic affricate [𝼊͡ʁ]
- voiceless palatal linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǂ͡χ]
- voiced palatal linguo-pulmonic affricate [ǂ͡ʁ]
- Ejective-contour clicks
- bilabial linguo-glottalic stop [ʘ͡qʼ]
- dental linguo-glottalic stop [ǀ͡qʼ]
- alveolar linguo-glottalic stop [ǃ͡qʼ]
- alveolar lateral linguo-glottalic stop [ǁ͡qʼ]
- retroflex linguo-glottalic stop [𝼊͡qʼ]
- palatal linguo-glottalic stop [ǂ͡qʼ]
- bilabial linguo-glottalic affricate [ʘ͡χʼ]
- dental linguo-glottalic affricate [ǀ͡χʼ]
- alveolar linguo-glottalic affricate [ǃ͡χʼ]
- alveolar lateral linguo-glottalic affricate [ǁ͡χʼ]
- retroflex linguo-glottalic affricate [𝼊͡χʼ]
- palatal linguo-glottalic affricate [ǂ͡χʼ]
These are not found in any language, but occur as phonetic detail or through speech defects.