Sounds
Linguists use this alphabet to represent speech sounds in any language
What is the International Phonetic Alphabet?
This is a word composed of two or more words
What is a compound?
This language uses the hiragana, katakana, and kanji scripts
What is Japanese?
These sounds are produced when airflow from the lungs is not blocked
What are vowels?
English primarily follows this basic word order
What is SVO (Subject-Verb-Object)?
English belongs to this branch of the Indo-European language family
What is Germanic?
The [k] sound is produced at this place of articulation
What is the velum (soft palate)?
This noun case typically marks the subject of a verb
What is nominative case?
The word "coffee" comes from this language
What is Arabic?
These plosives have a positive voice onset time
What are aspirated consonants?
This is the smallest unit of meaning within a word
What is a morpheme?
The word "robot" comes from this language
What is Czech?
Only consonants are represented in this type of writing system
What is an abjad?
This linguist proposed the theory of Universal Grammar
Who is Noam Chomsky?
This featural script was created by King Sejong the Great in 1443
What is Hangul?