Linguistics
Consonants
Vowels
Where sounds are made
Bonus
100

Linguistics is defined as the study of language and what else.

What is How it Works

100

When the air flow is partially or fully blocked, these types of sounds are produced.

What is Consonant

100

Sounds produced while the airflow is unobstructed are known as...

What is Vowel Sound

100

Sounds produced when the tongue is placed on the roof of the mouth.

What are Palatal.

100
Two or more consonant letters together in a word that each retain their own sound.

What is a Cluster

200

The term used to describe the study of speech sounds.

What is Phonetics

200

Sounds that vibrate the vocal cords are known as.

What are Voiced Sounds

200

Diphthongs are sounds produced when the tongue changes what.

What is Position

200

Sounds produced when the tongue are on the soft palate are know as ...

What are Velars

200

When the sounds of a cluster combine.

What is a Blend

300

Is the smallest unit of sound and used to distinguish one word from another

What is a Phoneme

300

Sounds that do not vibrate the vocal cords are know as ...

What are Unvoiced Sounds.

300

/a/, /e/, /i/, and /u/ are all unglided vowels otherwise known as... 

What are Short-Vowel Sounds

300

Sounds formed using the lips and teeth are known as.

What are Labiodentals

300

sh and ch are clusters of letters that stand for a sound, otherwise known as a.

What is a Digraph

400

Consonants and vowels are different because this is obstructed or unobstructed.

What is Air Way

400

Sounds produced through the nose are known as...

What are Nasals

400

/̄a/, / ̄e/, / ̄| /, / ̄o/, and /yoo/ are gliding vowels otherwise known as...


What are Long-Vowel Sounds


400

Bilabials are sounds produced on the ...

What are Lips

400

These are produced by narrowing the airflow slightly, but with no friction being produced.

What are Liquids

500

B used to represent the sound /b/ is an example of what.

What is Grapheme

500

/Ch/ and /j/ are examples of a subcategory of fricatives otherwise known as.

What are Affricatives

500

A category of vowel sounds that includes diphthongs, variant vowels, and r-controlled vowels.

What is Other Vowel Sounds

500

Sounds produced on the front of the mouth where the teeth arise are known as...

What is Alveolar

500

A burst of air is produced when these sounds are made due to blocking off the air way then exploding to produce these sounds.

What are Plosives