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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Aphasiology. 2014 Sep 8;29(2):129–150. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2014.955389

Table 1. Sonority Hierarchy for Consonants.

Complexity LEAST COMPLEX MOST COMPLEX
Category Voiceless stop Voiced stop Voiceless fricative Voiced fricative Nasals Liquids Glides
Examples /t/, /p/, /k/ /d/, /b/, /g/ /s/, /f/ /z/, /v/ /m/, /n/ /l/, /r/ /w/
Sonority Value 7 6 5 4 3 2 1