Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no aspirate; pronounced or written without an aspirate.
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- adjective phonology Not
aspirated
Etymologies
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Examples
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The second contrast is between 'unaspirated' and 'aspirated' consonants, such as k and kh - the first is much less breathy than the second. as in 'skin'; minimum aspiration
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The second contrast is between 'unaspirated' and 'aspirated' consonants, such as k and kh - the first is much less breathy than the second. as in 'skin'; minimum aspiration
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Thus PGmc *xaubidaz c.500 BCE PGmc k which seems to be the natural fit for unaspirated stops.
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However, if we follow instead Hesychius' testimony, the irregular Celtic reflexes can be perfectly explained through borrowing from the implied Etruscan etymon *capra with its unaspirated k-.
Manly goats 2010
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As far as I can tell, the aspirated and unaspirated 't' in Mandarin are exactly the same as 't' and 'd' initial in English, respectively.
Kaplin's Simplifiid Speling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If there are no voicing contrasts in Minoan stops, then it seems to me that the likeliest value for d is something more like an unaspirated affricate: /tʃ/.
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So it's seldom used other than as an alternative to tau which represents unaspirated voiceless /t/.
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If there are no voicing contrasts in Minoan stops, then it seems to me that the likeliest value for d is something more like an unaspirated affricate: /tʃ/.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Word-initial φ- in Etruscan is quite rare, used for foreign names and words it seems, and the other aspirated consonants are much less frequent in this position when compared to their unaspirated counterparts, as can be seen in the results thus far of my dictionary project.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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The habits of Etruscan scribes when it came to spelling their language show us that unaspirated stops are the unmarked series while aspirated stops are less frequent and marked.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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