Question

Which air-stream mechanism is used in all languages for producing most speech sounds?

• A. Glottalic
• B. Velaric
• C. Pulmonic
• D. Labialic

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Pulmonic

• The pulmonic air-stream mechanism is the most common and is used in all human languages to produce the majority of speech sounds.

• It relies on air pushed from the lungs, making it both pulmonic and egressive.