Voiced consonant Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
A
voiced consonant is a sound made as the
vocal cords vibrate, as opposed to a
voiceless consonant, where the vocal cords are relaxed. Examples are:
Voiced Voiceless
B P
D T
G K
V F
THem THing
Z S
pleaSure SHut
In
Japanese, the voicing sign is a
dakuten (゛). For historical (but not phonologically valid) reasons, the sign that turns
h into
p is called a
handakuten, or half-voicing (゜).
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