Comparison Consonants

Question 1

ENGLISH

1. Twenty-four consonants.

Answer 1

SPANISH

1. Twenty consonants.

Question 2

ENGLISH

2. Most dental alveolar area (15)
   /f, v, θ, ð, t, d, s, tr, dr, z, n, l, tʃ, dʒ, r/

Answer 2

SPANISH

2. Only eight dental alveolar
   /s, t, d, θ, l, n, r̃, r/

Question 3

ENGLISH

3. Eight pairs of consonants with voice contrast
   /f, v/, /θ, ð/, /t, d/, /s, z/, /tr, dr/,
   /tʃ, tʒ/, /ʃ, ʒ/, /k, g/

Answer 3

SPANISH

3. Only three pairs of consonants with voice contrast
   /p, b/, /t, d/, /k,g/

Question 4

ENGLISH

4. Consonants are more frequently used.

Answer 4

SPANISH

4. Consonants are less frequently used.

Question 5

ENGLISH

5. Glottal stop and glottal fricative exist.

Answer 5

SPANISH

5. No glottal stop or glottal fricative.

Reason why Spanish people use velar fricative in house

Question 6

ENGLISH

6. /v, ð, z/ phonemes exist.

Answer 6

SPANISH

6. /v, ð, z/ don’t exist.
   * Which causes difficulties in learning them.*

Question 7

ENGLISH

7. /ʃ, ʒ/ phonemes exist.

Answer 7

SPANISH

7. /ʃ, ʒ/ don’t exist.
   * Causing difficulties in learners.*

Question 8

ENGLISH

8. /t, d/ represent the same phoneme in both languages.

Alveolar

Answer 8

SPANISH

8. But the are not articulated in the same place.

Dental

Question 9

ENGLISH

9. Most syllables are closed.

Answer 9

SPANISH

9. Most syllables are open.

Question 10

ENGLISH

10. Final consonant clusters up to
    * *four** phonemes /tesksts/;
    * *- initial** clusters up to
    * *three** /sklɪə’rəʊsɪs/

Answer 10

SPANISH

10. Two final consonants
    * texto /teksto*/;
    * *- two initial**: plano /plano/.