Aspirated consonant: Difference between revisions

In [[MTL]], the {{w|aspirated consonant}}s are ''ph'', ''th'', ''kh'', ''ch'', and ''zh'' (IPA: [pʰ], [tʰ], [kʰ], [tɕʰ], [tsʰ]). They are composed of the letter for the plain consonant (''p'', ''t'', ''k'', ''c'', or ''z''), plus the letter ''[[h]]'' for '''aspiration''', or strong burst of [[hokhib|breath]].  

In [[Enggie|English]], we aspirate ''p'', ''t'', and ''k'' when they occur at the beginning of words, but don't really aspirate when they are inside the word. For example, think about the "p" inside "copy", "spot", and "spy".

[[Peh-oe-ji]], the ancestor of MTL, also uses ''h'' to denote aspiration. This leaves ''b'', ''d'', ''g'', and ''j'' for the ''muddy'' or voiced consonants. A similar convention is also found in:

*In [[Jidgie|Japanese]], the voiceless stops /p, t, k/ are slightly aspirated: less aspirated than English stops, but more so than Spanish.

* [[Hoatgie|French]], [[Hølangie|Dutch]], [[Italia-gie|Italian]] and [[Sepangaa-gie|Spanish]] do not have phonemic aspirated consonants.