Comprehensive Phonetics and Phonology – Speech Sounds, Articulatory Features, and Developmental Stages Practice Test

A voiced velar plosive is a stop consonant produced with the back of the tongue contacting the velum, released to make a burst, and with the vocal cords vibrating during the release. The IPA symbol for that sound is /g/, as heard in the word “go.” The other options map to different features: /p/ is a voiceless bilabial stop, /k/ is a voiceless velar stop, and /d/ is a voiced alveolar stop. So /g/ best matches all three characteristics—voicing, place of articulation (velar), and manner (plosive).