Sound waves in air are

transverse
longitudinal
electromagnetic
polarised
longitudinal  Sound waves in air (and any fluid medium) are longitudinal waves because particles of the medium through which the sound is transported vibrate parallel to the direction that the sound wave moves. A vibrating string can create longitudinal waves as depicted in the animation below.

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