DLAB DLAB Sound-Symbol Correspondence

Question 1

In a fictional alphabet, angled symbols (△, □) represent consonants and round symbols (○, ◯) represent vowels. Which sequence forms a valid consonant-vowel-consonant syllable?

Accepted Answer

△○□

Answer

○△○

Answer

□□○

Answer

○○△

Question 2

A test language assigns one unique sound per symbol with no exceptions. A word written with 7 symbols contains exactly how many sounds?

Accepted Answer

7 sounds

Answer

3 sounds

Answer

5 sounds

Answer

14 sounds

Question 3

In a phonetic code, numbers represent consonants and letters represent vowels. Which sequence is a valid consonant-vowel-consonant word?

Accepted Answer

3-a-7

Answer

3-5-7

Answer

a-e-i

Answer

a-3-e

Question 4

In an invented script, a dot placed above a symbol shortens its sound by half. If '★' = /aa/ (long), then '★̇' (starred with dot) represents:

Accepted Answer

/a/ (short vowel)

Answer

/aa/ unchanged

Answer

/e/ (different vowel)

Answer

/k/ (consonant)

Question 5

A fictional writing system uses symbols tilted right for voiced sounds and upright symbols for voiceless sounds. A tilted 'P' symbol represents:

Accepted Answer

/b/ (voiced stop)

Answer

/p/ (voiceless stop)

Answer

/pʰ/ (aspirated stop)

Answer

/f/ (voiceless fricative)

Question 6

In a test language, underlining a symbol marks it as silent. The word written as b-r̲-e-n (with underlined r) is pronounced:

Accepted Answer

/ben/

Answer

/bren/

Answer

/rben/

Answer

/bner/