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In orthography, a zero consonant, silent initial, or null-onset letter is a consonant letter that does not correspond to a consonant sound, but is required when a word or syllable starts with a vowel (i.e. has a null onset). Some abjads, abugidas, and alphabets have zero consonants, generally because they have an orthographic rule that all syllables must begin with a consonant letter, whereas the language they transcribe allows syllables to start with a vowel. In a few cases, such as Pahawh Hmong below, the lack of a consonant letter represents a specific consonant sound, so the lack of a consonant sound requires a distinct letter to disambiguate.

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Zero consonant

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In orthography, a zero consonant, silent initial, or null-onset letter is a consonant letter that does not correspond to a consonant sound, but is required...

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Abugida

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a vowel (V). For some languages, a zero consonant letter is used as though every syllable began with a consonant. For other languages, each vowel has...

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0C

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point where the sign of a function crosses the zero axis 0 consonant, or Zero consonant, a consonant-like letter that is not pronounced C0 (disambiguation)...

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Syllable

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have an empty or zero onset – that is, nothing where the onset would be. Some languages restrict onsets to be only a single consonant, while others allow...

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Thai script

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Sanskrit. The zero consonant, อ, is unique to the Indic alphabets descended from Khmer. When it occurs in Sanskrit, it is always the zero consonant and never...

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Vowel

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Scale of vowels Table of vowels Vowel coalescence Words without vowels Zero consonant According to Peter Ladefoged, traditional articulatory descriptions...

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Tenuis consonant

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phonation of [p, t, ts, tʃ, k] with a voice onset time close to zero (a zero-VOT consonant), as Spanish p, t, ch, k or English p, t, k after s (spy, sty...

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Plosive

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a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases. The occlusion...

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Alphabet

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dedicated letters for initial vowels, though some traditions use अ as a zero consonant as the graphic base for such vowels. The boundaries between the three...

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Virama

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schwa when appropriate. Sukun, a similar diacritic in Arabic script Zero consonant "คำศัพท์ การันต์ แปลว่าอะไร?". Longdo Dict. th:การันต์ "คำศัพท์ ทัณฑฆาต...

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Lepcha script

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any final consonant.) Initial vowels do not have separate letters, but are written with the vowel diacritics on an &-shaped zero-consonant letter. There...

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Brahmic scripts

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velar consonants, palatal consonants, retroflex consonants, dental consonants, bilabial consonants, approximants, sibilants, and other consonants. Each...

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Gemination

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gemini 'twins'), or consonant lengthening, is an articulation of a consonant for a longer period of time than that of a singleton consonant. It is distinct...

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Japanese phonology

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phoneme twice, with double vowels distinguished by the presence of a "zero consonant" or empty onset between the vowels. Any pair of short vowels may occur...

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Xiguan dialect

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Xiguan accent. Speakers of Xiguan Accents pronounce zero consonant (Chinese: 零聲母) as the consonant ng, for instance, "屋(uk7)" as "nguk7" and "壓(aat8)"...

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Javanese language

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abugida. Each of the twenty letters represents a syllable with a consonant (or a "zero consonant") and the inherent vowel 'a' that is pronounced as /ɔ/ in open...

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Romanized Popular Alphabet

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vowel-initial words are indicated by an apostrophe, which thus acts as a zero consonant. RPA indicates tone by letters written at the end of a syllable, like...

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Postalveolar consonant

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§ Brackets and transcription delimiters. Postalveolar or post-alveolar consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar...

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Leizhou Min

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Fricative voiced z 尿 voiceless s 所 h 何 Affricate voiceless unaspirated t͡s 槽 aspirated t͡sʰ 切 Lateral approximant l 羅 zero consonant zero consonant 窩...

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Sixian dialect

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part of Huizhou fu, they may be closer to the Hailu dialect. Note: The zero consonant, like in 恁 (IPA: /an˧˩/), is not listed in the table above. According...

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Buginese language

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pronounced [ɔ]) implicitly represented in all base consonant letters (including the zero-consonant a). But unlike most other Brahmic scripts of India...

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Arabic alphabet

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contextual letterforms. The Arabic alphabet is considered an abjad, with only consonants required to be written; due to its optional use of diacritics to notate...

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Mon alphabet

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၊ -ံ ၊ -း and consonants are combined. The Mon alphabet contains 35 consonants (including a zero consonant), as follows, with consonants belonging to the...

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Consonant gradation

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⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Consonant gradation is a type of consonant mutation (mostly lenition but also assimilation) found...

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