Voiced_consonant Voiced_consonant

Voiced consonant - Definition and Overview
Related Words: Affirmative, Allophone, Alveolar, Apical, Articulation, Aspiration, Assimilated, Assimilation, Automatic, Back, Balanced, Bilabial

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
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.
ConsonantBody: Skeptical about natural skincare? We're introducing five women from across the country to consonant. Follow at http://tinyurl.com/y9ycwt8
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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