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Conlangery #33: Suprasegmentals

Conlangery Podcast

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Creaky Voice in English

Linguists explain how your vocal cords are vibrating and tension in the larynx can be involved with some of these voicing types. There's creaky voice, which Bianca calls 'creepy' Voice is so common in English that once you start hearing you, it will creep you out. Not very interestingly harsh voice sounds like a Dalek. The pirate phonation has been described as "half devoycing everything"

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