The formal study of language and how it works.
Linguistics
The study of speech and sound
Phonetics
The written representation of (a letter or cluster of letters) of one sound.
Grapheme
A sound in which the air flow is cut off either partially or completely when the sound is produced.
Consonant
A sound in which the air flow is unobstructed when the sound is made.
Vowel
A letter cluster that stands for one sound.
Digraph
Using the lips and teeth.
Labiodental
Using the front of the mouth.
Alveolar
Using the roof of the mouth (hard palate).
Palatal
Using the back of the mouth (soft palate).
Velar
Using the lips.
Bilabial
When vocal cords vibrate the sound is?
Voiced
When vocal cords do not vibrate, the sound is?
Unvoiced
A slightly different version of each phoneme (related to the surrounding sounds).
Allophone
Two or more consonants that appear together in a word, each consonant retaining its own sound.
Cluster
The combined sound that a cluster stands for.
Blend
