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The syllable 'θəʤ'

/θəʤ/


Phonetic Ponunciation of the syllable 'θəʤ'

SoundTongueLipsJawTeethAirVocal Chords
/θ/Place the tip of your tongue behind your top front teeth, touching the inside edge of your upper incisors.Keep your lips relaxed and slightly parted.Keep your jaw slightly open and relaxed.Keep your top and bottom teeth slightly apart. Push a stream of air out through your mouth, over the top of your tongue.Do not use your vocal cords to produce this sound. It is a voiceless consonant.
/ə/The tongue remains forward and relaxed.The lips relax.The jaw drops.The vocal cords vibrate.
/ʤ/Raise the middle part of your tongue towards the hard palate, which is the bony ridge in the roof of your mouth, just behind your front teeth. At the same time, lower the back of your tongue towards the floor of your mouth.Keep your lips relaxed and slightly open.Keep your jaw slightly open and relaxed.Keep your teeth slightly apart.Build up some pressure behind your tongue by briefly stopping the airflow with the tip of your tongue against the hard palate. Then, release the air by quickly pulling your tongue back from the hard palate.Start vibrating your vocal cords just as you release the burst of air. This produces a voiced sound.

Examples of words with the /θəʤ/ syllable


pathogen
/ˈpæθəʤən/