The data below shows the existence of the consonant sounds and Table 6 illustrates the comparison of the sonant
plosive consonants between the MP and the ISP.
The consonant inventory (in Table 15, exemplified in Table 16) is similar to that of most languages in the immediate region, with its dental/retroflex contrasts for
plosives and retroflex/palatal contrasts for fricatives.
Many Scots words have been made less
plosive when we say sounds with a burst of air - with a v sound.
The
plosive sounds of the girl's lame and BEing are diffused into dull anonymity and absence.
Glottalized and
plosive consonants: ch', k', p', q' and t' are pronounced by holding the breath (closing the glottis), then releasing it and pronouncing the letter with a sudden unsticking of the tongue or lips
This poem is a rhetorical tour de force with its anaphora of quid curem and the
plosive effect of the frequently alliterated "c.
He was an adroit public speaker who garnered attention through minor eccentricities such as the
plosive "b" with which he pronounced "billions.
It is commonly applied to a syllable that ends in a
plosive.
As regards the forms concept (conceit), receipt (receite), showing the insertion of the respective voiceless
plosive [p], they can only be due to the imitation of Lat.
The band blares over the overdubbing of the
plosive hubbub of the throng.
For other words it is obvious that the aspiration was present in the OIA form, although originally associated with another segment, such as (item 12 above) gostha (Turner 1966: 4336), but has since been transferred from the voiceless
plosive at the onset of the second syllable to the initial syllable in NP and SP.
The term Tai designates particular Thai peoples whose dialects have undergone the change of PT
plosive [*d] to [t], as in "Tai Deng (society)," "Tai Mu'o'ng (dialect)," "the Tai Ahom (sovereigns).
