1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading

by B. A. Hathaway

Those letters which admit of no escape of breath while the organs of speech are in contact.

43. Name the Mutes.

B, D, K, P, T, and C and G hard.

44. What other term is often applied to the Mutes?

Close Consonant.

45. What are Semi-vowels?

Those letters that admit of an escape of breath while the organs of speech are in contact.

46. Name the Semi-vowels.

F, H, J, L, M, N, R, S, V, W, X, Y, Z, and C and G soft.

47. Are the Combinations Mutes or Semi-vowels?