Aspirated consonant
strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or closure of some obstruents
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In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath.
| Aspirated | |
|---|---|
| ◌ʰ | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | ʰ |
| Unicode (hex) | U+02B0 |
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.
References
change- "Aspiration". home.cc.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-19.