What is an allophone?



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What is an allophone?


 



Definition

 

An allophone is a phonetic variant of a phoneme in a particular language.




Examples (English)

 

  • [p] and [pH] are allophones of the phoneme /p/.

  • [t] and [tH] are allophones of the phoneme /t/.




Examples (Spanish)

 

  • [b] and [B] are allophones of the phoneme /b/.

  • [d] and [D] are allophones of the phoneme /d/.


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