Sounds made without vibrating the vocal cords are:

Sounds made without vibrating the vocal cords are:

• A. Voiceless sounds
• B. Voiced sounds
• C. Nasal sounds
• D. Glottal stops

Answer: (A)

Sounds made without vibrating the vocal cords are called voiceless sounds. When you pronounce these, your vocal cords stay still or barely vibrate, which you can feel by placing a hand on your throat and noticing no vibration for sounds like p or s. Voiced sounds, in contrast, involve vocal cord vibration (like b or z). Nasal sounds typically involve vibration as well, so they’re not the general category. A glottal stop is produced without vocal cord vibration too, but it’s a specific type of voiceless sound; the broad term that covers all such sounds is voiceless sounds.

Sounds made without vibrating the vocal cords are called voiceless sounds. When you pronounce these, your vocal cords stay still or barely vibrate, which you can feel by placing a hand on your throat and noticing no vibration for sounds like p or s. Voiced sounds, in contrast, involve vocal cord vibration (like b or z). Nasal sounds typically involve vibration as well, so they’re not the general category. A glottal stop is produced without vocal cord vibration too, but it’s a specific type of voiceless sound; the broad term that covers all such sounds is voiceless sounds.