Fan or Pan? An F/P Ear Test

Especially for Japanese & Korean speakers

Neither Korean nor Japanese historically had an /f/ phoneme — Japanese approximates it with [ɸ] and loanwords into Korean regularly substitute /p/, so hearing /f/ as /p/ isn't a slip, it's the nearest native category taking over.

Teeth on lip, or lips together. Small move, whole different word — let's see if you catch it.

8 rounds · about 90 seconds