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Allophone

In phonology, an allophone (/ˈæləˌfoʊn/ ⓘ; from Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) 'other' and φωνή (phōnḗ) 'voice, sound') is one of multiple possible spoken sounds, or phones, used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language. For example, in English, the voiceless plosive (as in stop ) and the aspirated form (as in top ) are allophones for the…

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Allotone

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Representing a phoneme with an allophone

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Allophone

Nodes96
Edges95
Triples75
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.020833
Components1

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related to Other languages · 41
Allophone → AlgonquinFrication, Allophones, Arabic, Arapaho, Bengali, BengaliAllophones, BengaliVowel, Catalan, Consonant, CorsicanVoicing, DahaloAllophones, DahaloLenition, English, Finnish, Garhwali, Hawaiian, HawaiianAllophones, Hawaiianfricative, Here, Hindustani
related to English · 11
Allophone → Aspiration, Complete, English, English-speakers, For, In English, Many, Nasal, Partial, Retraction, There
related to history · 8
Allophone → American, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Bernard Bloch, English, George, In, The, Trager
related to Representing a phoneme with an allophone · 6
Allophone → However, If, In, Since, The, When
related to Complementary and free-variant allophones · 3
Allophone → Each, Only, There
related to Allotone · 2
Allophone → An, Standard Mandarin
is a · 1
Allophone → one that remains once the conditions for the others are described by phonological rules.For example
related to External links · 1
Allophone → Phonemes

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allophones english phoneme voiceless nasal stop phonemes consonant stops sound word syllable vowels words two aspirated like may voiced become

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Allophoneis aone that remains once the conditions for the others are described by phonological rules.For example0.90text
Central Thaiinstance ofwhile these two are considered to be different phonemes in some languages0.80text
theinstance ofallophones of English /l/0.80text
Allophonerelated to AllotoneAn0.60section
Allophonerelated to AllotoneStandard Mandarin0.60section
Allophonerelated to Complementary and free-variant allophonesEach0.60section
Allophonerelated to Complementary and free-variant allophonesThere0.60section
Allophonerelated to Complementary and free-variant allophonesOnly0.60section
Allophonerelated to EnglishThere0.60section
Allophonerelated to EnglishEnglish0.60section
Allophonerelated to EnglishAspiration0.60section
Allophonerelated to EnglishIn English0.60section

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