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the smallest unit of sound is called?
a phoneme
a sound formed by blocking off the airflow then exploding a puff of air is called?
a plosive sound
A sound that is made by cutting off air flow is called?
a consonant
The formal study of language is called?
Linguistics
The written representation of a phoneme is called?
a grapheme
The study of speech sounds is called?
phonetics
A sound that is made when airflow is unobstructed is called?
a vowel
Another term for the lips is called?
bilabial
A letter cluster that stands for one sound is called?
a digraph
A sound created using the lips and teeth is called?
labiodental
Two or more consonants that appear together in a word are called?
A cluster
A sound formed when the mouth is closed forcing air through the nose is called?
a nasal sound
another term for soft palate or back of the mouth is called?
velar
A sound that is formed by narrowing the airway and then forcing air through it is called?
a fricative sound
a sound formed by interrupting the airflow slightly, but no friction is created is called?
a Liquid sound
A sound formed using the roof of the mouth is called?
palatal
A sound formed in similar ways to a vowel and sometimes called a semivowel is called?
a glide sound
A sound that is slightly different from a phenome that is created from slightly more or less ease in the articulation of the sound is called?
A allophone
A sound formed using the front of the mouth is called?
alveolar
The combined sound a cluster makes is called?
A blend