What is an example of a voiced velar stop?

A voiced velar stop is a consonant sound that is produced with vocal cord vibration (voiced), at the velum (the soft part of the roof of the mouth towards the back), and it completely obstructs the airflow for a brief period (stop).

The sound represented by [g] meets these criteria perfectly. It is produced by raising the back of the tongue against the velum while the vocal cords vibrate. This sound can be heard in words like "go" or "give."

On the other hand, the other options represent different types of sounds. The sound [b] is a voiced bilabial stop (produced with both lips), [k] is a voiceless velar stop (produced at the velum without vocal cord vibration), and [d] is a voiced alveolar stop (produced with the tongue against the alveolar ridge, just behind the upper front teeth). Understanding these distinctions is essential in phonetics to identify and classify sounds accurately.