In → phonetics, a homorganic consonant (from homo- “same” and organ “(speech) organ”) is a → consonant sound that is articulated in the same place of → articulation as another. For example, [p], [b] and [m] are homorganic consonants of one another since they share the → bilabial place of articulation. Consonants that are not articulated in the same place are called → heterorganic.
Articulatory position
Descriptive phonetic (→ descriptive phonetic ) classification relies on the relationships between a number of technical terms that describe the way sounds are made; and one of the relevant elements involves that place at which a specific sound is formed and voiced. In articulatory phonetics, the specific “place of articulation” or “point of articulation” of a consonant is that point of contact where an obstruction occurs in the vocal tract between an active (moving) articulator (typically some part of the tongue) and a passive (stationary) articulator (typically some part of the roof of the mouth). Along with the manner of articulation and phonation, this gives the consonant its distinctive sound.
