consonant
C12059
concept
A consonant is a speech sound produced by obstructing or constricting the airflow in the vocal tract, typically functioning as a non-syllabic element in syllables.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| consonant canonical | 6 |
| abjad consonant | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: consonant
Generated description
A consonant is a speech sound produced by obstructing or constricting the airflow in the vocal tract, typically functioning as a non-syllabic element in syllables.
Instances (7)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Syriac Pe | abjad consonant |
| Arabic Lām | — |
|
HEBREW LETTER AYIN
surface form:
Hebrew letter Ayin
|
— |
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Hebrew letter Aleph
surface form:
Aleph
|
— |
| Mem | — |
| Yod | — |
| Lamed | — |