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• Sonorant — In phonetics and phonology, a sonorant is a speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract. Essentially this means a sound that s squeezed out (like IPA|/z/) or spat out (like IPA|/t/) is not a sonorant. For example,… …   Wikipedia

• Sonorant — Ein Sonorant oder Sonorlaut (Sonant) ist ein Vokal oder ein Konsonant, bei dessen Bildung keine Turbulenz im Luftstrom hinter der Verengung entsteht. Die Artikulationsart der sonorantischen Konsonanten steht im Gegensatz zu der der Obstruenten.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• sonorant — /seuh nawr euhnt, nohr , soh /, Phonet. n. 1. a voiced sound that is less sonorous than a vowel but more sonorous than a stop or fricative and that may occur as either a sonant or a consonant, as /l, r, m, n, y, w/. 2. a speech sound… …   Universalium

• sonorant — сонорант …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• sonorant — Лингвистика: сонорный, сонант (sound), сонорный звук (sound), сонорный согласный (sound) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

• Neo-Mandaic — Mandāyí, Raṭnā Pronunciation [mændɔːˈji], [rætˤnɔ] Spoken in Iran, Iraq (extinct) Native speakers ca. 500 …   Wikipedia



• Attic Greek — Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group …   Wikipedia



• Aeolic Greek — For the architectural style, see Aeolic order. Distribution of Greek dialects in the classical period.[1] Western group …   Wikipedia

• Taos 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 …   Wikipedia

• Polish phonology — For assistance in making phonetic transcriptions of Polish for Wikipedia articles, see . Vowels The Polish vowel system is relatively simple with only six oral and two nasal vowels. All Polish oral vowels are monophthongs, which are shown to the… …   Wikipedia