Writing Systems
How many alphabets are there in existence (roughly)?
What is 100?
Pronounce this letter, Φ φ
What is ph or phi?
Goddess of wisdom and warfare, whose temple is the Parthenon. (IPA: /æθ'iːnə/)
Who is Athena?
The most neutral vowel (both the name and pronunciation)
What is the ə?
This 6'2 feminist drinks matcha and is currently in this room.
Who is Owen?
This writing system is similar to an alphabet; however, it only has distinct symbols for consonants.
What is Abugida?
This is the Latin letter, Υ.
What is upsilon?
Alexander the Great's famous tutor. (IPA: /'ær.ɪs.tɒt.əl/)
Who is Aristotle?
The IPA symbol for the final consonant in "teeth" (voiceless dental fricative) is /θ/.
What is the th sound?
Miles has this medical condition...
What is Clinodactyly or funky fingers?
This is a writing system in which each character represents an entire syllable of sound.
The IPA transcription for the second word of "E pluribus unum" is ['pluːrɪbʊs]. This English phrase is on US currency and means "Out of many, one."
What is "E pluribus unum"?
The high city, site of the Parthenon in Athens. (IPA: /ə'krɒpəlis/)
What is the Acropolis?
The IPA symbol for the sound at the beginning of "judge" is /dʒ/.
What is a voiced palato-alveolar affricate?
Miles and Owen have known each other for _ years.
What is 3 years?
This writing system has huge character inventories and largely requires memorization of shape and pronunciation.
What is Logographic?
Amicus animalibus
/aˈmiːkʊs/ /anɪmaˈliːbʊs/
Who said this correctly? (animal lover)
This word is transcribed as [ˈaɪəlaɪd]
What is "island"?
Miles has a metal plate located in this spot of his body.
In this writing system, the consonants are required to be written, and the denotation of vowels is either not present or optional as diacritics.
What is Abjad?
mirabile dictu
/məˌräbəlā ˈdikto͞o/
Who said it correct?
Post 250 BCE, the stress was placed on this part of two-syllable words
What is the first syllable?
Sounds made by obstructing airflow, like /p/, /t/, /k/, /b/, /d/, /g/, are called what
What are plosives?
Who is more handsome? Miles or Owen?
Who is Owen?