Breathy Vowel
Breathy Vowel
A breathy vowel is one produced by allowing a great deal of air to pass through a slightly open glottis, the aperture between the vocal chords.
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Source: Crystal 1985
Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.
More specific terms
- NT1 ↓ Voiceless Vowel
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/breathy-vowel
