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examples of sibilants. The
usage of two
other terms is less standardized: "
Spirant" is an
older term for
fricatives used by some
American and
European phoneticians...
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single plural ending for all
persons of the verb, the
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law,
common changes to the
Germanic vowel *a, a
plural form -as, and a...
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historical linguistics, the
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law (also
called the Anglo-Frisian or
North Sea
Germanic nasal spirant law) is a
description of a phonological...
- a
third category of "
spirant approximant",
contrasting both with
semivowel approximants and with fricatives.
Though the
spirant approximant is more constricted...
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Sibilants (from Latin: sībilāns : 'hissing') are
fricative consonants of
higher amplitude and pitch, made by
directing a
stream of air with the tongue...
- The
dental fricative or
interdental fricative is a
fricative consonant pronounced with the tip of the
tongue pressing under the teeth.
There are several...
- This
article contains phonetic transcriptions in the
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an
introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For...
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Turned L was used by
William Pryce to
designate the
Welsh voiced lateral spirant [ɬ] The
lower case is also used in the
Romic alphabet. In Unicode, these...
- labialized,
while Icelandic s is not. It is a pre-alveolar, coronal,
voiceless spirant." Pétursson (1971), p. ?,
cited in
Ladefoged &
Maddieson (1996), p. 145...
- [v]
Contrast Irish dh, gh, bh, mh
Voiceless spirants:
Geminated voiceless plosives transformed into
spirants; /pp/ (pp), /kk/ (cc), /tt/ (tt)
became /ɸ/...
