verbs
express in speech
"She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
exchange thoughts; talk with
"We often talk business"; "Actions talk louder than words"
use language
"the baby talks already"; "the prisoner won't speak"; "they speak a strange dialect"
give a speech to
"The chairman addressed the board of trustees"
make a characteristic or natural sound
"The drums spoke"
is a type of (narrower)
give off a certain sound or sounds
"This record sounds scratchy"