Aspirated consonant

Aspirated
◌ʰ
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ʰ
Unicode (hex)U+02B0

In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents. 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

  • "Aspiration". home.cc.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
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