Editing Consonant (section)

==Consonant ''sounds'' and consonant ''letters''==
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The word ''consonant'' may be used ambiguously for both speech sounds and the [[Letter (alphabet)|letters of the alphabet]] used to write them. In English, these letters are [[B]], [[C]], [[D]], [[F]], [[G]], [[J]], [[K]], [[L]], [[M]], [[N]], [[P]], [[Q]], [[S]], [[T]], [[V]], [[X]], [[Z]] and often [[H]], [[R]], [[W]], [[Y]].

In [[English orthography]], the letters H, R, W, Y and the digraph GH are used for both consonants and vowels. For instance, the letter Y stands for the consonant/semi-vowel {{IPA|/j/}} in '''''y'''oke'', the vowel {{IPA|/ɪ/}} in ''m'''y'''th'', the vowel {{IPA|/i/}} in ''funn'''y''''', the diphthong {{IPA|/aɪ/}} in ''sk'''y''''', and forms several digraphs for other diphthongs, such as ''sa'''y''', bo'''y''', ke'''y'''''. Similarly, R commonly indicates or modifies a vowel in [[Rhoticity in English|non-rhotic accents]].

This article is concerned with consonant sounds, however they are written.