you’ve been making noises with your mouth ever since you learned to talk. but what are the fundamentals behind these noises? why do “m” and “n”, and “b” and “d”, sound so similar? what properties do various sounds share? join us as we organize these properties to build a sort of periodic table for sounds! learn what terms like “voiceless labiodental fricative” and "open front unrounded vowel" mean, and learn how to systematically pronounce fascinating sounds from other languages!