Voicing

phonation

In phonetics, the term voice refers to a certain vibrating quality in the phonation of consonants - both fricatives and stops. For example: in conventional English pronunciation, the sound represented by "t" has a voiced equivalent: "d". Voiceless/voiced pairs include:

p and b\n: k and g\n: f and v\n: s and z\n: t and d

Other pairings appear with consonantal clusters or in other languages. Preceived presence or absence of voice can serve as a phonemic marker.

See also

\n*list of phonetics topics\n*vocal folds\n*surd\n*voiceless consonant\n*voiced consonant