Places and Manners of Articulation

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  • čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
  • Where in our mouth do we pronounce our sounds? In what ways do we let the air escape? This week, we talk about places and manners or articulation: all the different places in the vocal tract we can make sounds, the different methods for restricting air flow that we use, and some of the variation we see between languages for making consonants.
    This is Topic #20!
    This week's tag language: Hungarian!
    I tried my best, but I didn't get all the pronunciations correct, particularly for [ç] in the German words and [ɬ]. If you want to hear the sounds again, try the chart at web.uvic.ca/ling/resources/ipa... !
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Komentáře • 176

  • @Poppop-xl1jl
    @Poppop-xl1jl Před 9 lety +96

    This video was desperately needed on CZcams. I was shocked when I was first learning the IPA and I couldn't find a single video that just explained it all, most of them just have english sounds. Also I wished language books gave IPA. I hate reading descriptions like 'this is like the t in tooth.'
    I hope you someday make a video about sing language. Is there something like the IPA for sign languages?

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety +7

      Pop2323pop I'm glad you got a lot out of it! I agree regarding the language books and IPA. I think it gives the impression that we don't have a way to define sounds except in the context of comparison to other sounds, and that's not true. We have all this anatomical description to use, so we might as well do it!We also do have plans to do a sign language episode in the near future... we're trying to work some stuff out for that one, but it's on our to-do list. There are a number of systems out there that people use for transcribing sign language, such as David Peterson's SLIPA (dedalvs.conlang.org/slipa.html), or the SignWriting system (www.signwriting.org/). There isn't an agreed-upon standard the way there is for the IPA, but the existence of some systems to use for this is definitely useful! Hope this helps.

  • @AmoRBoy90
    @AmoRBoy90 Před 3 lety +3

    I don't know what I like more. The fact that you made it so "sooo" easy, or your shirt. Either way, you deserve a like. Thank you so much!

  • @jadeswitch1423
    @jadeswitch1423 Před 5 lety +9

    as a Moroccan hearing the /q/ from a western person sound makes me happy

  • @WallysaurRex
    @WallysaurRex Před 2 lety +5

    I use this video a lot with the phonetics class I teach in high school, everything is so well explained. Props to you.

  • @shineagmikun7294
    @shineagmikun7294 Před 3 lety +1

    MAD respect to you for not only being able to pronounce all sorts of sounds, but also teaching us about it in a format that ages like fine wine. Love you man 💕

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    @boowitchcraft Před 2 lety +1

    If only half of the academicians were like you, many of us would have succeeded much more.

  • @djguydan
    @djguydan Před 8 lety +4

    Oh man, I had a flash back to speech therapy in elementary watching this video. Great video!!

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      Thanks! I hope it wasn't in a bad way. Glad you liked the video. ^_^

  • @chantesandiford9826
    @chantesandiford9826 Před 2 lety +1

    I’m currently studying for a final exam in Icelandic phonetics and this was so helpful! Thank you!!!

  • @RaviAnandVeludandiTM
    @RaviAnandVeludandiTM Před 9 lety +43

    tomorrow i have an exam and this is helping me alot...thank you. God bless...

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety +4

      Ravi Anand Glad you're finding this helpful! Good luck with your exam. ^_^

    • @RaviAnandVeludandiTM
      @RaviAnandVeludandiTM Před 9 lety +2

      The Ling Space
      you know what!!!????? i did the exam well!! God bless you Sir for the good work u have been doing....thanks alot..

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety +1

      Ravi Anand Great! Glad it worked out. ^_^

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      @HamiidNouasria Před 6 lety +1

      Man the same is happening with me two years Later HHHHHHHH

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      @nikhilkorra3870 Před 5 lety

      mine is today x_x

  • @MssMoli
    @MssMoli Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for this video. I'm an ESL student and I couldn't get through the IPA chart. You've been incredibly helpful explaining it so clearly.

  • @michimichi2295
    @michimichi2295 Před 5 lety

    You made these concepts so easy and simple to understand. You have the VPM explained so well and exciting. A million thumbs up!!!!

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 5 lety

      Glad to be able to help! Thanks for letting us know you liked it. ^_^

  • @killerbreak4275
    @killerbreak4275 Před 8 lety +8

    Thank you so much!! It really helped me with my exam! I didn't understand anything in class and you made it all clear for me!!! Thank you again!!!

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      +Killer Break Great! Glad to be able to help. ^_^

  • @PureeCharm
    @PureeCharm Před 5 lety

    Very informative and lovely video! Clear, concise, simple.

  • @sheawhitetoney
    @sheawhitetoney Před 4 lety

    just wanted to say I'm studying for the CSET English exams and your videos have been helpful. thanks for the hard work

  • @KA-vv4me
    @KA-vv4me Před 4 lety

    Thank you very much!
    It was nice to hear the sounds you say.
    Since i'm studying by myself it was such a nice help!

  • @juliadobo2244
    @juliadobo2244 Před 3 lety

    Aww glad i stayed ‘til the very end to hear that “sziasztok”!😍 thank you this helped a lot!!🙏🏻

  • @rageinsidethemachine
    @rageinsidethemachine Před 8 lety +1

    Thank you, Moti! You have no idea how amazingly helpful your videos have been towards my study of Phonetics and Language Development. I aced my first test, and couldn't have done it without you! On a side note, I lived in Japan for a while and actually needed clarification that you're not the same as a delicious mochi rice cake... (green-tea flavor, mmm). Thanks again!

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      +rageinsidethemachine Haha, well, certainly a good number of other people have had the same mochi-related reaction. Glad that the videos have been helpful for you, though! Good luck with the rest of your course. ^_^

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    @nataliesanchez7562 Před 7 lety

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    @Aztecsanddehydration Před 4 lety +10

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    @adsoyad2607 Před 6 lety

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    @danameakin4616 Před 4 lety

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  • @adapelinyilmaz
    @adapelinyilmaz Před 9 lety +1

    How nicely done! hopefully watching this a few times will help me remember these better :)

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety

      Pelin Yılmaz Thanks! And it can take some time for everything to sink in. It is a bunch of symbols and terms. But it's definitely doable. ^_^

  • @caichenni5859
    @caichenni5859 Před 3 lety +2

    that "hav u ever really thought bout ur mouth coz its pretty amazing" sounds funny to me tho.. but.... proceed.

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    @gouthamjagga5881 Před 4 lety +1

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    @rosemaeamistad3217 Před 4 lety +1

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  • @khalidmekki1089
    @khalidmekki1089 Před 7 lety

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    @hanaben1187 Před 5 lety

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  • @englishmotivation10
    @englishmotivation10 Před 3 lety

    I Liked this class! Thanks!!!

  • @sadafkhan1679
    @sadafkhan1679 Před 4 lety

    Thanks to u I can finally understand the IPA chart

  • @nouffahad5993
    @nouffahad5993 Před 3 lety

    Thank you very much for helping us.

  • @hannahbear327
    @hannahbear327 Před 4 lety

    Very helpful!! Thank you!!

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    @belcoronado2048 Před 9 lety +9

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    @drawerme7728 Před 9 lety +3

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    @HamiidNouasria Před 6 lety

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  • @MarcelloSevero
    @MarcelloSevero Před 8 lety +1

    When the letter _y_ is considered to be a vowel in English, it actually very rarely appears as the sound [i] (the vowel equivalent of [j]). Instead, it is usually the vowel [ɪ] (as in _myth_) or the diphthong [aɪ] (as in _cry_). So really, the reason _y_ is sometimes a vowel is not because is it usually pronounced like an approximant, but rather because it represents many different sounds in English spelling.

  • @usmanawanusmanawan5342

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  • @thelingspace
    @thelingspace  Před 9 lety +4

    +akhim alexis Intervocalic means something that's in between vowels. Hope this helps! ^_^

  • @beezoxx2878
    @beezoxx2878 Před 5 lety

    brilliant video- i have an exam on this next week and this really helped! thank you

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 5 lety

      Glad to be able to help! Hope your exam went well. ^_^

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    @moniquemartinez212 Před 6 lety +2

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    @SuperSoniaf Před 3 lety

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    @carlopalmier7498 Před 8 lety +1

    Thanks, the video is amazing

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety +1

      +Carlo Palmier Thanks for the kind words! Glad you liked it. ^_^

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    @lukewatson8848 Před 6 lety

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    @Electron1sh Před 6 lety

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    @hamzamounir5282 Před 7 lety

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    @chrisboyd485 Před 2 lety

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  • @nurulaliah4504
    @nurulaliah4504 Před 4 lety

    Hello sir. May I ask for the negative version of mature... which is immature, why do we actually pair the /m/ in im with /m/ in mature? Would you know the explanation behind it?

  • @hajarmarzouki455
    @hajarmarzouki455 Před 7 lety

    Thank you 😊

  • @Poppop-xl1jl
    @Poppop-xl1jl Před 9 lety +1

    Aw, what about all the non-pulmonic consonants? Clicks, implosives, and ejectives? I hope you'll someday make a video on them!

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety +1

      Pop2323pop Yep, we're coming back to those in the future! This one was already long enough just covering that part of the chart. We'll do one on non-pulmonics and airstream mechanisms in the future. I'll just practice my ejectives in the meantime. ^_^

  • @matheusa.c.c.8370
    @matheusa.c.c.8370 Před 8 lety +1

    Awesome!

  • @qudratullah170
    @qudratullah170 Před 3 lety

    Pretty good effort.

  • @lessandra602
    @lessandra602 Před 5 lety

    Wonderful

  • @alfineargoncillo9265
    @alfineargoncillo9265 Před 9 lety +1

    it's very helpful . thanks

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety

      Alfine Argoncillo Glad you liked it and found it useful! ^_^

  • @nicholasw996
    @nicholasw996 Před 8 lety +1

    How do you pronounce the pharyngeal / epiglottal plosive? I'm not sure if I'm doing it right; I might be pronouncing an uvular plosive.

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      +Nicholas Weston Pharyngeal sounds are made by moving the tongue root back towards the pharynx to make the closure. So it should be below the uvula. It's possible for people to make this closure complete, but most people can't, which is perhaps why there isn't a dedicated IPA symbol for it - it's not really used crosslinguistically.
      Epiglottal stops, on the other hand, are made by moving the epiglottis having contact with the epiglottal folds. So this is actually articulated very low in the vocal tract, just above the larynx itself. Again, sounds here aren't that common crosslinguistically, but some Caucasian languages and some dialects of Arabic have them. ^_^

  • @TESL-HazmanBinLapatelo

    Thank you

  • @akhimalexis3484
    @akhimalexis3484 Před 9 lety +1

    This was really helpful, thank you so much. I have question though anybody know what intervocialy means.

  • @rzeka
    @rzeka Před 8 lety +2

    I just learned of the bidental fricative - /h̪͆/. It's made by closing your jaw as much as possible and letting the air through, and it is only known to occur in one dialect of one natural language, the black sea coast dialect of Adyghe. It corresponds to /x/ in other dialects.

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety +1

      +ɽɛᴛʀoғʟɛχ It's really cool! I'd like to hear it for myself. There are definitely some really rare kinds of consonants that are really interesting. Like, the linguolabial stops used in Tangoa, spoken in Vanuatu, where you stop the airflow through the mouth by pressing the tip of the tongue to the lower lip. We really make use of a lot of possibilities. ^_^

    • @rzeka
      @rzeka Před 8 lety +1

      The Ling Space I've wondered why linguolabials aren't very common - they're easy to make and pretty distinctive

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      +ɽɛᴛʀoғʟɛχ That's sort of a complicated question, really. I don't know that they're so distinctive acoustically from, say, [d̪] or [b], but I don't have any examples of people doing it besides me, and it's not like I'm a native speaker of the language. And both of those stops are far more common. But of course, since they are contrastive somewhere, they must be differentiable enough. There's also potentially the phonological explanation that the linguolabials are more marked, and so few languages end up using them. Like for a lot of these things, it depends on whether you want to try to explain it just phonetically, or use phonological theory stuff to try to back it up.

    • @rzeka
      @rzeka Před 8 lety +1

      The Ling Space You're right, the voiced dental stop does sound a lot like the voiced linguolabial stop - I didn't realize that before.

  • @Abbotte
    @Abbotte Před 9 lety +1

    thank you so much

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety

      Sir.Abod You're welcome! Glad we could help. ^_^

  • @wanjiisaac6092
    @wanjiisaac6092 Před 2 lety

    Brilliant

  • @maryknighttttttttttttttttt

    Is it true that the reason why labio-alveolar sounds are not used as contrastive sounds is that labio-alveolars are not possible to make?

  • @FrostMarvel
    @FrostMarvel Před 8 lety +3

    Doesn't the new IPA have more categories, like linguo-labials, alveolo-palatals, affricates, et cetera?

    • @beef6268
      @beef6268 Před 4 lety

      Most of these just get diacritics to sort of "expand" from the bare symbol. Alveolopalatals have their own symbols, but because they have more than one place of articulation (the alveoles and the palatum) they dont go into the table but below to another part of the IPA sheet. Affricates are made up of plosives and fricatives, and are, as i gather, more of a phonological category, because they are very prone to behave like just one consonant in many languages i.e. being moved or deleted together. A t followed by an s does not sound differently with a tie bar or without one.

  • @Weirdeiolu
    @Weirdeiolu Před 8 lety

    In my dialect of English (Manchester, England) we say "ng" as ŋg so sing isn't siŋ it's siŋg, we also rarely pronounce h and the letter t is usually pronounced as a glottal stop i.e butter is bʊʔɔ (we also say er at the end of words like the vowel in "thought" which I think is ɔ in IPA, please correct me if I'm wrong on that)

  • @ghazalkhan6486
    @ghazalkhan6486 Před 7 lety +1

    great...👍

  • @BobbyBermuda1986
    @BobbyBermuda1986 Před 8 lety +2

    Thanks for calling them "vocal folds" and not "vocal cords." The distinction was stressed throughout my studies in Speech and Language Pathology, as really, they're little flaps, not cords or strings.

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety +2

      +Bobby Bermuda Sure! We really try to be careful with these things and be correct about it. I remember when I first starting hearing vocal folds instead of cords, and then we saw pictures of what they looked like, and I was definitely surprised. But I think it's cooler this way. ^_^

  • @subhiodetallah3249
    @subhiodetallah3249 Před 5 lety

    Thanks

  • @pineapplejuice1558
    @pineapplejuice1558 Před 3 lety

    Everything was so clear just like water

  • @espositogregory
    @espositogregory Před 2 lety

    The very first sentence of this video nearly compelled me to shut it off immediately for some reason. The rest was pretty pleasant.

  • @Amphibiot
    @Amphibiot Před 8 lety +2

    Why is the voiceless th-sound represented by a Ɵ?
    Wouldn't þ be a better symbol for it, given as that is what that symbol represents in languages like icelandic?

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety +2

      Well, we're using the IPA ones for the video, and it's [θ] there, so that's what we're using. The IPA chose the Greek letters that stand for the interdental fricatives, so we got [θ] and [ð] there. Although [ð] is basically the same for both Greek and Icelandic, so at least there's that?

    • @Amphibiot
      @Amphibiot Před 8 lety

      Yes, that's why i was wondering as well. Because i recognised the other voiced one from icelandic, and since that one was correct, i got confused as to why they didn't just go with þ for the unvoiced one. Loving this channel, by the way.

  • @roxansmith4816
    @roxansmith4816 Před 3 lety

    Is the maner and the place of articulation are the same ???? answer me please

  • @ramone.batista9101
    @ramone.batista9101 Před 2 lety

    West European languages are in a process of mutual assimilation and in needs of simplification.We need a simple fonetic alphabet: A like in America, B like Belgium, C like China ( abolish Ch) K like Kioto ( Kanada) and so on. Zank you.

  • @heyitschanelle
    @heyitschanelle Před 6 lety

    nice shirt!

  • @nicolec7816
    @nicolec7816 Před 6 lety

    great and very informative! i thought you spoke a bit too quickly though!

  • @DanmakuNyanNyan
    @DanmakuNyanNyan Před 6 lety

    Omg thanks. I have a test in 4 hours lol.

  • @dwituniswary4790
    @dwituniswary4790 Před 5 lety

    Tq sir so much correct

  • @wanfaisal7289
    @wanfaisal7289 Před 3 lety

  • @milakuznetsova9125
    @milakuznetsova9125 Před 8 lety

    awesome tshirt

  • @s.d.o.d8435
    @s.d.o.d8435 Před 4 lety

    Wow! YOu talk so fast but it was useful. Thanks a lot!

  • @davidphilipsmusic
    @davidphilipsmusic Před 5 lety

    I neeeeed that T Shirt

  • @artugert
    @artugert Před 6 měsíci

    Did you stop making videos? Do you still post content anywhere?

  • @AakarshNair
    @AakarshNair Před 8 měsíci

    great

  • @user-zl6jy6qh5m
    @user-zl6jy6qh5m Před 8 lety

    most ipa charts dont have linguolabials as a place of articulation

  • @o0linx0o
    @o0linx0o Před 3 lety +1

    9:55 you were to suppose to wait....

  • @lele0720
    @lele0720 Před 3 lety

    Tommorow is my report about thjs😀

  • @muzayyinmarjani9400
    @muzayyinmarjani9400 Před 7 lety +2

    this is very good...
    this is related to my own subject in university...
    But, it will be nice if you try to speak more slowly...
    it will sounds good ... :)
    Thank you
    >I'm NDONESIAN

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 7 lety

      Thanks for watching! We do have subtitles, if that helps? I am making a bit more of an effort to talk more slowly in some of our most recent ones. But we'll see. ^_^

  • @asenacaaditausasaweicavu7835

    Can someone please let me know what happens in manner and place of articulation when we say the phrase "HIDE THE MONEY"?

  • @lukewatson8848
    @lukewatson8848 Před 6 lety

    your video did not cover non-pulmonic sounds, but other than that it was really good.

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 6 lety

      Luckily, we have a whole other episode covering those here! czcams.com/video/JKP10ARLnzM/video.html

    • @lukewatson8848
      @lukewatson8848 Před 6 lety

      that's cool thanks

  • @asmaafarahi1383
    @asmaafarahi1383 Před 8 lety +1

    what about lateral vs central ?

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      +SI9 YA A good point! Lateral vs central airflow is definitely an important distinction. We'll come back to revisit the lateral section of the chart in more detail when we talk more about articulation in the future. Our thinking for the video was that it's already pretty long, and lateral vs. central is somewhat different from the places and manners; because it's a release thing, you can be both lateral and a fricative or approximant, etc. But we'll definitely address it in the future!

    • @asmaafarahi1383
      @asmaafarahi1383 Před 8 lety

      +SI9 YA I hope you will make a video about it soon, this one who already helpful but I have an exam so I need as much help as possible. Thank you so much for responding

  • @robertandersson1128
    @robertandersson1128 Před 8 lety

    Why are all nasals, trills, flaps, lateral fricatives, approximates and lateral approximates in the IPA always voiced? What’s the deal with that? I know languages like Icelandic and Biblical Hebrew use the voiceless alveolar nasal [n̥] or [n̊], like in the Icelandic word _hnífur_ ‘knife’ but why doesn’t any language treat voiceless nasals are separate phonemes from their voiced counterparts?

  • @cotasamnemano366
    @cotasamnemano366 Před 4 lety

    the fourth factor is how good speaker can pronoun them without the mother-tone-sound bias

  • @theophonchana5025
    @theophonchana5025 Před 3 lety

    /w/ is bilabial and velar.

  • @ibtissamibtissam7961
    @ibtissamibtissam7961 Před 9 lety

    please could u send me the adress of the video talking about the vowels chart

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 9 lety

      ibtissam bahmad That would be this video here! czcams.com/video/arMntA15A0s/video.html

    • @mhamedbahmad3903
      @mhamedbahmad3903 Před 9 lety +1

      The Ling Space tnx a lot men !!

    • @ibtissamibtissam7961
      @ibtissamibtissam7961 Před 9 lety +1

      The Ling Space a massive thanks from morocco :)

  • @parwanasafi3544
    @parwanasafi3544 Před 2 lety

    Mey i know why the place of articulation are 7 and the manner of articulation are 6?

  • @frankharr9466
    @frankharr9466 Před 7 lety

    I don't know. Ing and ong feel like they're in different places.

  • @kurehollis4452
    @kurehollis4452 Před 3 lety +1

    For 17 years I realize 'n' alphabet make my nose pull out the air

  • @robertandersson1128
    @robertandersson1128 Před 8 lety

    How come most of the world’s languages have more consonants than vowels? According to _Wikipedia_ most dialects of English has 24 consonant phonemes but only 12 vowels (goo.gl/juy08c), (standard) Turkish (of Turkey) has also 24 consonant phonemes but only 8 vowels (goo.gl/opKWxW) and Navajo has 38 consonant phonemes but only 16 vowel phonemes (goo.gl/dI2bbN). Why?

    • @MarcelloSevero
      @MarcelloSevero Před 8 lety

      I'd assume it's just because there are way more easily pronounceable and distinguishable consonants sounds than vowel sounds. Simple as that. I think.
      Also, I challenge you to find any language in which this is not true. Rotokas is the only language I can think of for which this _may_ be the case, but it certainly is not definite.

    • @robertandersson1128
      @robertandersson1128 Před 8 lety

      Lord Marcellus I think that is true, I often have an easier time hearing the difference between to consonants than between to vowels.
      Regarding the challenge, I accept it! I do believe I have found a language that has more vowels than consonants: Hawaiian! For English, I only counted monophthongs so I am not allowed to count the diphthongs in Hawaiian. The language of Hawaii, Hawaiian, has, according to _Wikipedia_ (goo.gl/AMeqwR), a total of *10* monophthongs but only *8* consonants! The consonant phonemes are /p, k ~ t, ʔ, h, m, n, l, w ~ v/ and the vowels phonemes are /u, i, o, e, a, u:, i:, o:, e:, a:, u:/.

    • @MarcelloSevero
      @MarcelloSevero Před 8 lety

      Well, it depends, for example, if you're counting /a:/ as /aa/ or as a completely separate phoneme. And there's no right or wrong answer to this.
      But can you name a language that has more vowels than consonants not counting long vowels? I will be shocked if there is one.

  • @TwinkleTwinkleTruly
    @TwinkleTwinkleTruly Před 7 lety

    Maybe a little less JonTron and a little more hiss at the end of your "ich's" and "mich's" XD

  • @user-xp1cg2jv2h
    @user-xp1cg2jv2h Před 8 lety +1

    But the /w/ sound is bilabial

    • @thelingspace
      @thelingspace  Před 8 lety

      +Ahmad Muhammad Well, it is both labial and velar! It's true you use your lips for it, but you also raise the body of your tongue up towards the soft palate. That's why [w] is listed in other symbols on the IPA chart - it's got two different places of articulation at once, and leaving either out gives you a different sound.

    • @user-xp1cg2jv2h
      @user-xp1cg2jv2h Před 8 lety

      Thanks for ur reply