Places and manners of articulation

Stops

The bilabial, alveolar, and velar stops of English are very common in the languages of the world. Three additional places of articulation are noteworthy for stops. Voiceless and voiced palatal stops, which are transcribed as [c, Ɉ] respectively, are found in Hungarian, Czech, Turkish, Basque, and Irish. Retroflex stops [ṭ, ḍ] (or [ʈ, ɖ]) are common in Hindi. As for uvular (the back of the tongue articulating against the uvula) stops, we can cite the voiceless [q] (found in Eskimo and Quechua), and the voiced [G] (found in Persian). Mention should also be made of dental stops [t̪, d̪], which are found in Romance languages (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, etc.).