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Voiced consonant - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Affirmative, Allophone, Alveolar, Apical, Articulation, Aspiration, Assimilated, Assimilation, Automatic, Back, Balanced, Bilabial |
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A voiced consonant is a sound made as the vocal cords vibrate, as opposed to a voiceless consonant, where the vocal cords are relaxed. Examples are:
Voiced Voiceless
B P
D T
G K
V F
THem THing
Z S
pleaSure SHut
In Japanese, the voicing sign is a dakuten (゛). For historical (but not phonologically valid) reasons, the sign that turns h into p is called a handakuten, or half-voicing (゜).
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Example Usage of consonant |
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michaeltkach: @nightmareteeth I can hold a class on all of those, minus the last consonant mess, & you'll be pwned by my useless knowledge. As most are. |
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ConsonantBody: Skeptical about natural skincare? We're introducing five women from across the country to consonant. Follow at http://tinyurl.com/y9ycwt8 |
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notrealcolbert: @etownmickey A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y? consonant or vowel? Make up your mind, we're at war. |
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