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A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract. The terms plosive and stop are usually used interchangeably, but they are not perfect synonyms. Plosives are stops with a pulmonic egressive Initiation (phonetics). The term is also used to describe oral consonant (non-nasal) stops. Many use the term nasal continuant rather than nasal stop to refer to sounds like and . One should be aware that this article treats these "nasal continuants" as nasal stops.

All languages in the world have stops and most have at least , , , , and . Colloquial Samoan language lacks the dentals and , and the northern Iroquoian languages lack the labials and . Several of the Chimakuan languages, Salishan languages, and Wakashan languages around Puget Sound lack nasal consonant.

Stop articulation In the articulation of the stop, three phases can be distinguished:

• Catch: The airway closes so that no air can escape through the mouth (hence the name stop). With nasal stops, the air escapes through the nose.
• Hold or occlusion: The airway stays closed, causing a pressure difference to build up (hence the name occlusive).
• Release or burst: The closure is opened. In the case of plosives, the released airflow produces a sudden impulse causing an audible sound (hence the name plosive).

In many languages, such as Malay language and Vietnamese language, final stops lack a release burst, or have a nasal release. See Unreleased stop.

In affricate consonant, the release is a fricative consonant.

Classification of stops Nasalization nasal consonants stops are differentiated from oral stops only by a lowered Soft palate that allows the air to escape through the nose during the occlusion.

Nasal stops are acoustically sonorants, as they have a non-turbulent airflow and are nearly always voiced, but they are articulatorily obstruents, as there is complete blockage of the oral cavity.

A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the occlusion. The closest examples in English are consonant clusters such as the in candy, but many languages have prenasalized stops that behave as single consonants. Swahili language is well known for having words whose spellings begin with "mp" or "nd", like "mtu", though truer prenasalized sounds like or do occur word-initially in other bantu languages.

A Nasal release begins with a raised velum that lowers during the occlusion. This causes an audible nasal release, as in English sudden. Russian language and other Slavic languages have words that begin with , which can be seen in the name of the Dnieper River.

Note that the terms prenasalization and postnasalization are normally only used in languages where these sounds are phonemic, that is, not analyzed into sequences of plosive plus nasal stop.

Voice voiced consonant stops are articulated with simultaneous vibration of the vocal cords, voiceless stops without. Plosives are commonly voiceless, whereas nasal stops are only rarely so.

Aspiration In Aspiration (phonetics) stops, the voice onset (the time when the vocal cords begin to vibrate) comes perceivably later than the release of the stop. The duration between the release of the stop and the voice onset is called voice onset time (VOT). Tenuis consonant stops have a voice onset time close to zero, meaning that voicing begins when the stop is released. Voiced stops have a negative voice onset time, meaning the voicing begins before the stop is released. A stop is called "fully voiced" if it is voiced during the entire occlusion. In English, however, initial voiced plosives like or are only partially voiced, meaning that voicing picks up sometime during the occlusion. Aspirated stops have a voice onset time greater than zero, so that there is a period of voiceless airflow (a phonetic glottal fricative) before the onset of the vowel.

In most dialects of English, the final g in the word bag is likely to be fully voiced, while the initial b will be only partially voiced. Initial voiceless plosives, like the p in pie, are aspirated, with a palpable puff of air upon release, while a plosive after an s, as in spy, is tenuous. Speaking near a candle flame, one will notice that the flame will flicker more when par, tar, car is articulated compared with spar, star, scar.

Length In a consonant length or long stop, the occlusion lasts longer than in normal stops. In languages where stops are only distinguished by length (e.g. Arabic, Ilwana, Icelandic), the long stops may last up to three times as long as the short stops. Italian language is well known for its geminate stop, as the double t in the name Vittoria takes just as long to say as the ct does in English Victoria. Japanese language also prominently features the geminate consonant, such as in the minimal pair 来た (kita), meaning came, and 切った (kitta) meaning cut (past).

Note that there are many languages where the features voice, aspiration, and length reinforce each other, and in such cases it may be hard to tell which of these features predominates. In such cases the terms fortis is sometimes used for aspiration or gemination, while lenis is used for single, tenuous or voiced stops. Beware, however, that the terms fortis and lenis are poorly defined, and their meanings vary from source to source.

Airstream mechanism Stops may be made with more than one airstream mechanism. The normal mechanism is pulmonic egressive, that is, with air flowing outward from the lungs. All languages have pulmonic stops. Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: Ejective consonant (glottalic egressive), implosive consonant (glottalic ingressive), or click consonants (velaric ingressive).

Tenseness A fortis stop (in the narrow sense) is produced with more muscular tension than a lenis stop (in the narrow sense). However, this is difficult to measure, and there is usually debate over the actual mechanism of alleged fortis or lenis consonants.

There are a series of stops in Korean language, sometimes written with the IPA symbol for ejectives, which are produced using "stiff voice", meaning there is increased contraction of the glottis than for normal production of voiceless stops. The indirect evidence for stiff voice is in the following vowels, which have a higher fundamental frequency than those following other stops. The higher frequency is explained as a result of the glottis being tense. Other such phonation types include breathy voice, or murmur; slack voice; and creaky voice.

Examples Here are the oral stops (plosives) granted dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet. See also the nasal consonant.

• voiceless bilabial plosive
• voiced bilabial plosive
• voiceless alveolar plosive
• voiced alveolar plosive
• voiceless retroflex plosive
• voiced retroflex plosive
• voiceless palatal plosive
• voiced palatal plosive
• voiceless velar plosive
• voiced velar plosive
• voiceless uvular plosive
• voiced uvular plosive
• epiglottal plosive
• glottal stop

English stops , , (aspirated word-initially, tenuis in clusters with s)

, , (in most dialects: partially voiced word-initially, fully voiced intervocally)

, , (fully voiced nasal stops)

(glottal stop, not as a phoneme in most dialects)

See also

• Continuant (the antonym of a stop)

• List of phonetics topics

A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract. The terms plosive and stop are usually used interchangeably, but they are not perfect synonyms. Plosives are stops with a pulmonic egressive Initiation (phonetics). The term is also used to describe oral consonant (non-nasal) stops. Many use the term nasal continuant rather than nasal stop to refer to sounds like and . One should be aware that this article treats these "nasal continuants" as nasal stops.

All languages in the world have stops and most have at least , , , , and . Colloquial Samoan language lacks the dentals and , and the northern Iroquoian languages lack the labials and . Several of the Chimakuan languages, Salishan languages, and Wakashan languages around Puget Sound lack nasal consonant.

Stop articulation In the articulation of the stop, three phases can be distinguished:

• Catch: The airway closes so that no air can escape through the mouth (hence the name stop). With nasal stops, the air escapes through the nose.
• Hold or occlusion: The airway stays closed, causing a pressure difference to build up (hence the name occlusive).
• Release or burst: The closure is opened. In the case of plosives, the released airflow produces a sudden impulse causing an audible sound (hence the name plosive).

In many languages, such as Malay language and Vietnamese language, final stops lack a release burst, or have a nasal release. See Unreleased stop.

In affricate consonant, the release is a fricative consonant.

Classification of stops Nasalization nasal consonants stops are differentiated from oral stops only by a lowered Soft palate that allows the air to escape through the nose during the occlusion.

Nasal stops are acoustically sonorants, as they have a non-turbulent airflow and are nearly always voiced, but they are articulatorily obstruents, as there is complete blockage of the oral cavity.

A prenasalized stop starts out with a lowered velum that raises during the occlusion. The closest examples in English are consonant clusters such as the in candy, but many languages have prenasalized stops that behave as single consonants. Swahili language is well known for having words whose spellings begin with "mp" or "nd", like "mtu", though truer prenasalized sounds like or do occur word-initially in other bantu languages.

A Nasal release begins with a raised velum that lowers during the occlusion. This causes an audible nasal release, as in English sudden. Russian language and other Slavic languages have words that begin with , which can be seen in the name of the Dnieper River.

Note that the terms prenasalization and postnasalization are normally only used in languages where these sounds are phonemic, that is, not analyzed into sequences of plosive plus nasal stop.

Voice voiced consonant stops are articulated with simultaneous vibration of the vocal cords, voiceless stops without. Plosives are commonly voiceless, whereas nasal stops are only rarely so.

Aspiration In Aspiration (phonetics) stops, the voice onset (the time when the vocal cords begin to vibrate) comes perceivably later than the release of the stop. The duration between the release of the stop and the voice onset is called voice onset time (VOT). Tenuis consonant stops have a voice onset time close to zero, meaning that voicing begins when the stop is released. Voiced stops have a negative voice onset time, meaning the voicing begins before the stop is released. A stop is called "fully voiced" if it is voiced during the entire occlusion. In English, however, initial voiced plosives like or are only partially voiced, meaning that voicing picks up sometime during the occlusion. Aspirated stops have a voice onset time greater than zero, so that there is a period of voiceless airflow (a phonetic glottal fricative) before the onset of the vowel.

In most dialects of English, the final g in the word bag is likely to be fully voiced, while the initial b will be only partially voiced. Initial voiceless plosives, like the p in pie, are aspirated, with a palpable puff of air upon release, while a plosive after an s, as in spy, is tenuous. Speaking near a candle flame, one will notice that the flame will flicker more when par, tar, car is articulated compared with spar, star, scar.

Length In a consonant length or long stop, the occlusion lasts longer than in normal stops. In languages where stops are only distinguished by length (e.g. Arabic, Ilwana, Icelandic), the long stops may last up to three times as long as the short stops. Italian language is well known for its geminate stop, as the double t in the name Vittoria takes just as long to say as the ct does in English Victoria. Japanese language also prominently features the geminate consonant, such as in the minimal pair 来た (kita), meaning came, and 切った (kitta) meaning cut (past).

Note that there are many languages where the features voice, aspiration, and length reinforce each other, and in such cases it may be hard to tell which of these features predominates. In such cases the terms fortis is sometimes used for aspiration or gemination, while lenis is used for single, tenuous or voiced stops. Beware, however, that the terms fortis and lenis are poorly defined, and their meanings vary from source to source.

Airstream mechanism Stops may be made with more than one airstream mechanism. The normal mechanism is pulmonic egressive, that is, with air flowing outward from the lungs. All languages have pulmonic stops. Some languages have stops made with other mechanisms as well: Ejective consonant (glottalic egressive), implosive consonant (glottalic ingressive), or click consonants (velaric ingressive).

Tenseness A fortis stop (in the narrow sense) is produced with more muscular tension than a lenis stop (in the narrow sense). However, this is difficult to measure, and there is usually debate over the actual mechanism of alleged fortis or lenis consonants.

There are a series of stops in Korean language, sometimes written with the IPA symbol for ejectives, which are produced using "stiff voice", meaning there is increased contraction of the glottis than for normal production of voiceless stops. The indirect evidence for stiff voice is in the following vowels, which have a higher fundamental frequency than those following other stops. The higher frequency is explained as a result of the glottis being tense. Other such phonation types include breathy voice, or murmur; slack voice; and creaky voice.

Examples Here are the oral stops (plosives) granted dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet. See also the nasal consonant.

• voiceless bilabial plosive
• voiced bilabial plosive
• voiceless alveolar plosive
• voiced alveolar plosive
• voiceless retroflex plosive
• voiced retroflex plosive
• voiceless palatal plosive
• voiced palatal plosive
• voiceless velar plosive
• voiced velar plosive
• voiceless uvular plosive
• voiced uvular plosive
• epiglottal plosive
• glottal stop

English stops , , (aspirated word-initially, tenuis in clusters with s)

, , (in most dialects: partially voiced word-initially, fully voiced intervocally)

, , (fully voiced nasal stops)

(glottal stop, not as a phoneme in most dialects)

See also

• Continuant (the antonym of a stop)

• List of phonetics topics

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