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Speech organ

Speech organs produce the many sounds needed for language. Organs used include the lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum (soft palate), uvula and glottis.

See also: phonetics, vocal loading, human anatomy

07-10-2008 09:35:13
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