IPA Quiz: Pulmonic consonants

Choose the correct description for the symbol /ŋ/

• Voiced velar nasal

• Voiced alveolar nasal

• Voiceless velar nasal

• Voiced velar fricative

Which manner of articulation has the biggest set of consonants?

• Lateral fricatives

• Nasals

• Plosives

• Fricatives

How many voiceless trill consonants are on the IPA chart?

• 3

• 7

• 2

• 0

Choose the correct symbol for the following description:

Voiceless postalveolar fricative

• /m/

• /ʃ/

• /p/

• /z/

Which place of articulation has the biggest set of consonants?

• Labiodental

• Bilabial

• Palatal

• Alveolar

How many nasal consonants are on the IPA chart?

• 9

• 6

• 8

• 7

Which nasal consonant is the farthest back in the vocal tract?

• The bilabial nasal (/m/)

• The uvular nasal (/ɴ/)

• The velar nasal (/ŋ/)

• The palatal nasal (/ɲ/)

Choose the correct description for the symbol /ɻ/

• Voiceless velar fricative

• Voiced labiodental fricative

• Voiced approximant retroflex

• Voiceless retroflex approximant

Which classes of manner of articulation have voiceless consonants?

• Nasals, trills and taps/flaps

• Plosives and approximants (including lateral approximants)

• Plosives and fricatives (including lateral fricatives)

• Fricatives

What is the general name used to describe the consonants in the previous question (i.e. consonants that regularly include voiceless consonants)?

Note: this is NOT in the IPA chart

• Obstruents

• Affricates

• Sonorants

• Fricatives