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What's the symbol for the voiceless glottal fricative consonant phoneme?
/h/
What's the symbol for the voiced labio-velar approximant consonant phoneme?
/w/
What's the symbol for the regional voiceless labio-velar approximant consonant phoneme?
/hw/ or /ʍ/
Which phoneme glides into position for the vowel sound that follows it?
/h/
Which phoneme is voiceless: /h/ or /w/?
/h/
Which phoneme is voiced: /h/ or /w/?
/w/
Which phoneme does the word "unhappy" contain: /h/ or /w/?
/h/
Which phoneme does the word "who" contain: /h/ or /w/?
/h/
Which phoneme does the word "always" contain: /h/ or /w/?
/w/
Does the phoneme /h/ occur at the end of words in English?
No
Does the phoneme /w/ occur at the end of words in English?
No
What happens to /h/ when it follows the letters g, k, or r at the beginning of words?
It becomes silent.
Is the /h/ pronounced in the word "honest"?
No, it's silent.
Is the /h/ pronounced in the word "humid"?
Yes!
Is the /h/ pronounced in the word "hour"?
No, it's silent.
Which are two less frequent spelling patterns for /w/?
The letters "o" and "u."
