Slack voice
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The term slack voice is a registration such as fry or pulse, a loose vocal fold production. ! slack voice | [b̥ʌ̀ʔ] || align="center"| 白 || white | [d̥ǐ] || align="center"| 地 || earth | [ɡ̊ə̀ʔ] || align="center"| 個 || (possessive particle) |- ! tenuis | [pʌ́ʔ] || align="center"| 百 ||hundred | [tíʔ] || align="center"| 的 ||(a grammatical particle) | [kóʔ] || align="center"| 角 ||corner |- ! aspirated | [pʰʌ́ʔ] || align="center"| 拍 ||to strike | [tʰî] || align="center"| 天 ||sky | [kʰʌ́ʔ] || align="center"| 客 ||guest |}
Javanese contrasts slack and stiff voiced bilabial, dental, retroflex, and velar stops[1]
| phonation | IPA | trans. | IPA | trans. | IPA | translation | IPA | trans. | IPA | trans. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stiff voice | [b̬aku] | nail | [d̬amu] | guest | [d̬z̬ariʔ] | sheet (of paper) | [ɖ̬iɖ̬iʔ] | little | [ɡ̌ali] | river |
| slack voice | [b̥aku] | standard | [d̥amu] | blow | [d̥z̥arit] | (type of women's clothing) | [ɖ̥isiʔ] | first | [ɡ̊ali] | to dig |