Aspirated consonant
strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or closure of some obstruents
In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath.
In dialects with aspiration, to feel or see the difference between aspirated and unaspirated sounds, one can put a hand or a lit candle in front of one's mouth, and say spin [spɪn] and then pin [pʰɪn]. One should either feel a puff of air or see a flicker of the candle flame with pin that one does not get with spin.
| Aspirated | |
|---|---|
| {{Bold text{ipa symbol|}}} | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | ʰ |
| Unicode (hex) | U+02B0 |
References change
- ↑ "Aspiration". home.cc.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-19.