- In phonetics, a
continuant is a
speech sound produced without a
complete closure in the oral cavity. By one definition,
continuant is a
distinctive feature...
- \;+\;x_{1}x_{2}x_{3}\;+\;x_{1}\;+\;x_{3}\;+\;x_{5}.} It
follows that
continuants are
invariant with
respect to
reversing the
order of indeterminates:...
- This
article contains phonetic transcriptions in the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an
introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...
- is made in
relation to
frictionless continuants by O'Connor (1973): "There are no
voiceless frictionless continuants because this
would imply silence; the...
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different vowels to be
distinguished from ⟨C⟩) and the
names of the
continuants consisted as a rule
either of the bare sound, or the
sound preceded by...
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Latin was er (/ɛr/),
following the
pattern of
other letters representing continuants, such as ⟨F⟩, ⟨L⟩, ⟨M⟩, ⟨N⟩, and ⟨S⟩. This name is
preserved in French...
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Consonant phonemes Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Nasal m n ɲ Stop p b t d tʃ ʝ k ɡ
Continuant f θ* s (ʃ) x
Lateral l ʎ* Flap ɾ
Trill r...
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Voiced stops become lenited to
approximants in
syllable onsets,
after continuants: /b/ > [β], /d/ > [ð], /ɡ/ > [ɣ].
Exceptions include /d/
after lateral...
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About half of
these possess only
retroflex continuants, with most of the rest
having both
stops and
continuants.
Retroflex consonants are
concentrated in...
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inventory of 29
consonants in the
South Arabian writing system, the
continuants ġ, ẓ, and
South Arabian s3 (Geʻez Sawt ሠ
being derived from
South Arabian...