sonant consonants

  • 1Sonant — So nant, a. [L. sonans, antis, p. pr. of sonare to sound. See {Sound} a noise.] 1. Of or pertaining to sound; sounding. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phonetics) Uttered, as an element of speech, with tone or proper vocal sound, as distinguished from mere… …

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  • 2Phthongal — Phthon gal, a. [Gr. ? voice.] Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3Nazareth — For other uses, see Nazareth (disambiguation). Nazareth Hebrew transcription(s)  – Hebrew נָצְרַת (Natz rat or Na tzeret; Naṣ rath in Biblical Hebrew) …

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  • 4Американский фонетический алфавит — Американистическая фонетическая запись, англ. Americanist phonetic notation, или Американский фонетический алфавит, англ. (North) American[ist] Phonetic Alphabet, АФА, APA  система фонетической транскрипции, разработанная европейскими и… …

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  • 5Американская фонетическая транскрипция — Американистическая фонетическая запись, англ. Americanist phonetic notation, или Американский фонетический алфавит, англ. (North) American[ist] Phonetic Alphabet, АФА, APA  система фонетической транскрипции, разработанная… …

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  • 6Syllable — For the computer operating system, see Syllable (operating system). A syllable is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made up of a… …

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  • 7consonant — consonantlike, adj. consonantly, adv. /kon seuh neuhnt/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced by occluding with or without releasing /p, b; t, d; k, g/, diverting /m, n, ng/, or obstructing /f, v; s, z/ etc., the… …

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  • 8Taos phonology — The main description of Taos phonology was contributed by George L. Trager in a (pre generative) structuralist framework. Earlier considerations of the phonetics phonology were by John P. Harrington and Jaime de Angulo. [de Angulo s work includes …

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  • 9Ukrainian grammar — The Ukrainian language possesses an extremely rich grammatical structure inherited from Indo European:*Nouns have grammatical gender, number, and are declined for 7 cases; *Adjectives agree with the noun in case, number, and gender; *Verbs have 2 …

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  • 10voiced — adjective produced with vibration of the vocal cords (Freq. 1) a frequently voiced opinion voiced consonants such as b and g and z • Syn: ↑sonant, ↑soft • Ant: ↑unvoiced …

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