Consonants for Diction

Question 1

Voiceless bilabial

Answer 1

p

Question 2

Voiced bilabial

Answer 2

b

Question 3

voiceless alveolar

Answer 3

t as in tip

Question 4

voiced alveolar

Answer 4

d

Question 5

voiceless velar

Answer 5

k

Question 6

voiced velar

Answer 6

g

Question 7

The motion the tongue makes as it pronounces these vowels. As the sound is made, the tongue stops when impact is made, then “implodes” as the sound is made.

Answer 7

Stop plosives

Question 8

Consonants that are made through friction

Answer 8

Fricatives

Question 9

voiceless labio-dental

Answer 9

f

Question 10

voiced labio-dental

Answer 10

v

Question 11

voiceless tongue-dental

Answer 11

th as in think

Question 12

voiced tongue-dental

Answer 12

th as in that

Question 13

voiceless narrow alveolar

Answer 13

s as in sap

Question 14

voiced narrow alveolar

Answer 14

z as in zap

Question 15

voiceless wide palatal

Answer 15

s as in sure

Question 16

voiced wide palatal

Answer 16

j as in “je”

Question 17

Consonants that resonate in the nasal cavity

Answer 17

Nasals

Question 18

bilabial

Answer 18

M

Question 19

alveolar

Answer 19

N

Question 20

velar

Answer 20

ng as in sing

Question 21

These consonants are semi-vowels and semi-consonants

Answer 21

Glides

Question 22

retroflex

Answer 22

upside down r as in red

Question 23

lateral

Answer 23

L

Question 24

ɲ sound

Answer 24

nj as in onion

Question 25

[w] [u]

Answer 25

w as in we

Question 26

[j] [i]

Answer 26

you, yes

Question 27

When the consonant starts as a plosive and moves into a fricative

Answer 27

Africates

Question 28

dʒ

Answer 28

judge

Question 29

tʃ

Answer 29

church