phonetic

The exam comprised a series of papers on phonetics, grammar, and translation, which took 12 hours to complete.

Many proudly refer to themselves as DINKs — using the acronym in English — or dingke, the phonetic translation in Mandarin.

They say they have found four basic components they think make up this phonetic alphabet.

The description of what the researchers termed a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet” opens the possibility of conveying a much larger variety of information.

On Tuesday, the scientists reported that the whales use a much richer set of sounds than previously known, which they called a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet.”