CT IPA & Romanization Systems 5

Question 1

In the IPA, which symbol represents the trill produced with the tongue tip against the alveolar ridge?

Accepted Answer

[r]

Answer

[ɾ]

Answer

[ʀ]

Answer

[ɹ]

Question 2

Which romanization system for Thai is used by the Royal Thai Government for official purposes such as road signs?

Accepted Answer

Royal Thai General System of Transcription (RTGS)

Answer

ALA-LC Thai

Answer

ISO 11940

Answer

Paiboon+ system

Question 3

In IPA, the diacritic [̃] (tilde placed over a vowel) indicates which phonetic feature?

Accepted Answer

Nasalization

Answer

Centralization

Answer

Rhoticity

Answer

Retroflexion

Question 4

The romanization of Georgian script is standardized under which ISO document?

Accepted Answer

ISO 9984

Answer

ISO 9

Answer

ISO 233

Answer

ISO 15919

Question 5

A CT candidate must recognize that the IPA symbol [ŋ] represents the sound heard at the end of 'sing'. What is this sound's phonetic classification?

Accepted Answer

Voiced velar nasal

Answer

Voiced alveolar nasal

Answer

Voiced bilabial nasal

Answer

Voiced palatal nasal

Question 6

In romanization of Classical Greek for scholarly transliteration, the letter η (eta) is typically romanized as:

Accepted Answer

ē

Answer

e

Answer

ei

Answer

y

Question 7

Which feature of the Unified English Braille system (as a romanization-adjacent code) distinguishes it from standard Latin-alphabet romanization?

Accepted Answer

It uses tactile dot patterns instead of visual letter shapes

Answer

It omits vowels from transcription

Answer

It represents only consonants with diacritics for vowels

Answer

It uses tone marks for all syllables