Glottal stops in languages
- 1. What is a glottal stop?
A) A type of nasal consonant
B) A type of vowel sound
C) A consonant sound made by closing the vocal cords
D) A punctuation mark
- 2. In which language does a glottal stop occur in words like 'uh-oh'?
A) Spanish
B) French
C) Japanese
D) English
- 3. Which International Phonetic Alphabet symbol represents the glottal stop?
A) ʔ
B) g
C) k
D) t
- 4. In which region is the glottal stop commonly used in pronunciations?
A) Australia
B) Scandinavia
C) South America
D) Middle East
- 5. What effect does a glottal stop have on the rhythm of a language?
A) No effect on rhythm
B) Can create a staccato or abrupt rhythm
C) Smoothens the flow of speech
D) Makes the speech sound faster
- 6. Which language uses the glottal stop as a separate phoneme, changing the meaning of words?
A) German
B) Arabic
C) Mandarin Chinese
D) Russian
- 7. What is the term for the process of using a glottal stop instead of another sound in a word?
A) Stress pattern
B) Diphthong
C) Glottalization
D) Consonant cluster
- 8. Which of the following languages commonly uses a glottal stop in its words?
A) Hawaiian
B) Italian
C) Korean
D) Swedish
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