Pre-voicing
Prevoicing, in phonetics, is voicing before the onset of a consonant or beginning with the onset of the consonant but ending before its release. In the extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet for speech pathology, prevoicing is transcribed with a voicing diacritic ( ̬, U+032C) placed in front of the consonant, as in Script error: No such module "IPA"..
In several Khoisan languages of Southern Africa, such as Taa and !Kung, stops such as Script error: No such module "IPA". (Script error: No such module "IPA". or Script error: No such module "IPA".) and Script error: No such module "IPA". (Script error: No such module "IPA". or Script error: No such module "IPA".) are sometimes analyzed as being prevoiced Script error: No such module "IPA". and Script error: No such module "IPA".,[1] though the cessation of voicing has also been analyzed as phonetic detail in the transition of a phonemically voiced consonant to its voiceless aspiration or ejection. (See aspirated voiced consonant and voiced ejective.)
Kelabit has a similar set of aspirated voiced consonants. Not all speakers produce the aspiration, resulting in prevoiced (or mixed voiced) Script error: No such module "IPA". (or equivalently Script error: No such module "IPA"., and neighboring Lun Dayeh has Script error: No such module "IPA". (= Script error: No such module "IPA"..
References
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- ↑ Kehrein, Wolfgang. (2002). Phonological representation and phonetic phasing. Tübingen: Niemeyer.
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