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...are'' (with that '''r''' silent in [[British English]] finally or before a consonant: ''ah''). ...tish English|British]] and [[Commonwealth English]], it is silent before a consonant, though it significantly affects the pronunciation of the preceding vowel:

'''t''' begins consonant clusters: '''cútback, cátkin, chŏrtle, Wéstminster, trêe, stétson, ou Voiced '''th''': '''the'''/'''thê''' ([[schwa]] before a following consonant, '''ê''' before a following vowel), '''thís, thát, thére, thén, òther

It begins consonant clusters: '''bréad, ábdicate, abhŏr, abjûre, óblong, ábnegate, breâk

Obstruent [[consonant]]s are most typically distinguished by voice, among others. English disting

'''p''' begins consonant clusters: '''ápfelstrudel, plús, apnoêa, hypnôsis, hypnótic, présent,

...[[retroflex]] places of articulation as well as large numbers of [[Liquid consonant|liquids]].

A '''consonant''' is a unit of [[language (general)|language]], defined in [[phonetics]] a

'''j''' does not begin consonant clusters, and the only '''jj''' is in '''hàjj''' (which may also be spelt

...nguage]]. Typically, a syllable consists of a [[vowel]] and at least one [[consonant]], though various combinations are possible, including single vowels. The n ...comply with this ''obligatory onset'' rule, except in cases where another consonant is resyllabified to occupy another's onset position as in, ''hab ich'' 'hav

...''dead''). Unlike '''i''', it can also be a consonant (also called a semi-consonant), and as such it often begins words. The sound is that of the end of the '

...nguage, unless one counts the Cherokee ''w'' a labial instead of a [[Velar consonant|velar]]. ! align="left"|[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]

...initial semivowel, sounding like the word '''yoû'''; it can also be a semi-consonant sounding like '''w''', most often after '''q'''. ...m''' (where it is doubled) and '''Uttóxeter''' (where it precedes a double consonant), and regarded as the more correct pronunciation in '''stûpid, nûclear, n

...rregular wave, while sonorants such as [[vowel]]s and [[nasality|nasal]] [[consonant]]s are more regular. Obstruents which are [[voicing (linguistics)|voiced]]

...l'': the dark ''l'' appears word-finally (''pal'', ''panel'') and before a consonant (''hold''), ''except'' before [j] (''Italian''); otherwise, clear ''l'' app

'''v''' occurs after '''s''' to signify a [[whistled consonant]] in words from the [[Shona language]], as in '''[[Masvingo|Masvíngo]]'''

'''x''' is itself a consonant cluster, and it begins the following accidental ones: '''xb, xcl, xl, xm, x

silent after a vowel, combines to form consonant sounds with preceding consonant -'''h

...[[ancient Egypt]], adapting simplified [[hieroglyphics]] to represent the consonant sounds of the Semitic languages. The Phoenician alphabet, one variant of t

...owel. [n], [ŋ] and [m] can be syllabic, usually in interjections. A single consonant only is permitted as the beginning or 'onset' of the syllable; this positio

'''n''' begins consonant clusters: '''áncestor''' (-ns-), '''cóncrête''' (-ngk-), '''lúnch, ánc

...s redundant, so that the usual '''w''' sound gives way to the '''y''' semi-consonant that begins '''eû''', so '''queûe''' ''line'' = '''Keŵ''' ''Gardens'' =

...ter A'.</ref> <nowiki><B></nowiki>, etc.) as well. Vowels are similar to [[consonant]]s in this regard, but different terminology is used to describe their [[ar ...tic]] to show that the vowel in ''beat'' is actually shorter (and that the consonant [t] is longer): [bi:d] and [biˑtˑ].

Typically, a dissonant chord (chord with a tension) will 'resolve' to a consonant chord.

...his is accidental and the '''h''' is sounded separately from the preceding consonant; '''h''' is also normally sounded between vowels, as in '''rehëarse, mahó

...round AD 500 known as the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or (High) German Consonant Shift]] that other West-Germanic dialects and languages (including Low Ger The following table illustrates the effect of the Second Consonant Shift (shifts of initial, medial and final p, t, k):

...[r̩ː] and ''ĺ'' [ l̩ː], which are pronounced just like ordinary [[syllabic consonant|syllabic]] ''r'' and ''l'', only longer. In several Slavic languages, the acute indicates that a consonant is palatalized.

...onant has become devoiced in the singular, will have retained their voiced consonant before the plural ending:

'''g''' begins consonant clusters: '''glûe, ignŏre''' ('''g''' sounded, cf. '''gnôme''' ''garden'

...''h'''am, Chélten'''h'''am, Twícken'''h'''am''', and almost always after a consonant: see '''[[H]]''' for an alphabetical list of two-letter combinations from ' ...'''w'''ful, bôats'''w'''ain''' (can be written '''bôsun'''), and before a consonant in the next word: k'''nò'''w''', nò'''w''', ye'''w ''tree'' (= '''yoû'''

...-'''d''' ('''bánned''' ''ban'' = '''bánd''' ''music''), after an unvoiced consonant -t ('''āsked''' *āskt): ''verb ending'' -'''ed

...es]] are often accentuated by 'bending' the pitch upwards towards the more consonant major third and root notes that lie above them. This gesture is characteris

...example, learners whose native languages do not allow [[syllable]]-final [[consonant]]s may be more likely to produce forms like [ka] for ''cat'' without exposu

...letion.</ref> [[Phonology|Phonologically]], its 'sounds' consist mainly of consonant-vowel units that cannot be split up, such as ''bu'', ''ni'' and ''ka'', whi

...ive, nine pairs of voiced and unvoiced consonants and four pairs of [[Stop consonant|stops]] <!--{{ref|lunt1952}}-->. ! colspan ="15"| Consonant Phonemes of Macedonian

...types: (morpho)phonemic writing systems such as the Roman [[alphabet]]; [[consonant]]al systems (phonemic, but which ignore [[vowel]]s, such as the [[Arabic la

*Vowel-rich, consonant-rich word *Vowel-consonant patterns in word

...ventually evolved into the [[Proto-Canaanite]] alphabet, which used only [[consonant|consonants]] in an [[abjad]] system. Virtually all alphabets have their or

...n a poem sequence, is a word of three morae, since the first of a geminate consonant is a separate mora. [[Matsuo_Bashō|Bashō]], the name of the greatest ''ha

...s which participated in the [[Second Consonant Shift|Second or High German Consonant Shift]] (the High German dialects) and northern dialects (Low German dialec

...ense, that is, a writing system using a separate symbol for each vowel and consonant alike.<ref name="Blackwell">{{cite book |last= Coulmas|first= Florian|title ...o categories, consonants ("things that sound along") and vowels, where the consonant signs always had to be accompanied by vowel signs to create a pronouncable

...nds '''r''' and '''l''': '''Ándreŵ Leŵis''' does not have the '''y''' semi-consonant in either name. A regular pronunciation 'caméllia', short sound before double consonant, has given way to the rule-breaking '''camêllia''' (which sounds as if it

**J stood for consonant sounds like [dʒ], [ʒ], [x] or [j] (depending on the language). **V stood for consonant sounds like [v], [b], [β] or [f] (depending on the language).

...round 200 BC by Tolkāppiyar. Its classification of the [[alphabet]] into [[consonant]]s and [[vowel]] was a breakthrough. The historical record of the study of

...h and results from increasing literacy. Often it is a matter of sounding a consonant that has traditionally been silent: ...h''', which traditionally echo '''pórridge''', can now be heard with final consonant unvoiced, as always in '''Ípswich'''

When the [[elision|elided]] consonant was ''n'', it often [[nasalization|nasalized]] the preceding vowel: cf. Lat |+caption | Consonant phonemes of Portuguese

It’s the hissing '''s''' which begins consonant clusters: '''scãre, askeŵ, scrêam, skì, slîght, småll, snâil, spŷ,

...tonal language|tonal]]; the tones arose as a reinterpretation of different consonant series in terms of pitch. In terms of morphological complexity, it is an [[

The '''ïr''' sound occurs before a following consonant: '''gïrl, fïrst, bïrth''' ''birthday'' (= '''bërth''' ''ship''), '''gï

...g system. For instance, the diacritic called [[shadda]], indicating that a consonant is geminate (doubled), is typical of the [[Arabic alphabet]]: '''ر''' ''(d

...'', '''ch''' and '''sh'''. Nouns with the stem ending in -'''ŷ''' after a consonant replace this ending with -'''íes'''<ref>This does not apply to proper noun