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Is the consonant [b] always voiced across languages? What about [p]?
Is the consonant [b] always voiced across languages?
What about [p] being voiceless?
Similarly, is [k] always voiceless across languages?
Basically, I am taking what I know in English and wondering ...
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Are there languages with contrasting unvoiced aspirated, unaspirated, and ejective stops?
In English there are just two series of stops, voiced (b, d, g) and unvoiced (p, t, k). The latter are generally aspirated (though it depends on phonological context).
In many common languages of ...
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What is the difference between voiced and voiceless stop consonants?
As a native speaker of American English, when I was listening to the difference sounds in this IPA chart, I was really surprised when I realized that I could not differentiate between p/b, t/d, and ...
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Why does stop VOT duration vary depending on place of articulation?
From the (albeit citation needed) section of the Wikipedia article on aspiration:
Spanish /p t k/, for example, have voice onset times (VOTs) of about 5, 10, and 30 milliseconds, whereas English ...
