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Sound of /q/ in International Phonetic Alphabet

Writer's picture: Lalit KishoreLalit Kishore

Updated: Nov 30, 2022

Phonics Awareness


In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), /q/ sound has following characteristics


  • It is sounded like a voiceless velar plosive [k] / with sudden stop

  • The tongue makes contact on the uvula

  • The air stream mechanism is pulmonic / from chest diaphragm


Words for practice


Quit, Quiet, Quite, Quiz

Queue, Quick, Quack, Quotes, Quest

Queen, Question, Quarter, Quarrel, Qualify


Sentences as poem for recitation


Quality and quantity be questioned

Quiet quest for quality has no qualms

Quit the path with quagmire and quicksand

The quarter quadrangle has few palms




 
 
 

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