Which sound is velar?

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Which sound is velar?

Explanation:
Velar sounds are produced when the back of the tongue rises to contact the velum (the soft palate) at the back of the mouth. The sound here is the voiceless velar plosive, which is made there without vibrating the vocal cords. That corresponds to the sound [k]. The other options are produced at different places in the mouth: p is a voiceless bilabial plosive made with the lips; d is a voiced alveolar plosive produced with the tongue tip at the alveolar ridge; b is a voiced bilabial plosive also made with the lips. Velar sounds like [k] share the tongue’s contact with the velum, unlike those others.

Velar sounds are produced when the back of the tongue rises to contact the velum (the soft palate) at the back of the mouth. The sound here is the voiceless velar plosive, which is made there without vibrating the vocal cords. That corresponds to the sound [k].

The other options are produced at different places in the mouth: p is a voiceless bilabial plosive made with the lips; d is a voiced alveolar plosive produced with the tongue tip at the alveolar ridge; b is a voiced bilabial plosive also made with the lips. Velar sounds like [k] share the tongue’s contact with the velum, unlike those others.

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