Aspirated consonant: Difference between revisions

In Taiwanese phonetics, '''aspiration''' is the strong burst of [[hokhib|breath]] that accompanies the release of obstruents.  

In [[Taiwanese Hokkien]], the {{w|aspirated consonant}}s are: [pʰ], [tʰ], [kʰ], [tɕʰ], [tsʰ]. In [[MTL]], these are written: ph, th, kh, ch, zh. They are composed of the symbols for voiceless consonants (p, t, k, c, z) followed by the letter [[h]], signaling aspiration.

You may have already noticed that this is a bit different from [[Engguo|English]], which always aspirates p, t, and k when they occur at the beginning of words.  

* [[POJ]], the ancestor of MTL, also uses '''h''' to denote aspiration. This preserves b, (d), g, and j for voiced consonants.

* The convention of the apostrophe or "h" to denote aspiration is also found in romanizations of other Asian languages, such as {{w|McCune–Reischauer}} for [[Hankok'oe|Korean]] and ISO 11940 for [[Thaeguo|Thai]].

*The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses the {{w|aspiration modifier letter}} ⟨◌ʰ⟩ following symbols for voiceless consonants.

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

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