unaspirated
adjective
languagespecializeduk/ˌʌnˈæs.pɪ.reɪ.tɪd/us/ˌʌnˈæs.pə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/(of aspokensound) notinvolvingthe use of thebreath:
InIndianEnglish, allvoicelessstopsare unaspirated.
InCantonese, thestopsandaffricateshaveaspiratedand unaspiratedpairs.
- In thisdialect, there are sixpairsofaspiratedand unaspiratedconsonants, and all of them arevoiceless.
- Germandialectshave unaspirated [p⁼ t⁼ k⁼] as well asaspirated[pʰ tʰ kʰ].
- The women who wereraisedin French-speakingfamiliesuse unaspiratedstopsabout one-third of thetime.
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alliterative
- alveolar
- apheresis
- aphesis
- aphetic
- aspirate
- guttural
- homonym
- laterally
- lax
- lenis
- macron
- misemphasis
- phonology
- schwa
- segmental
- semivowel
- sibilance
- sibilant
- speech pathology