Faucalized voice, also called hollow or yawny voice, is the production of speech sounds with an expanded laryngeal cavity. It contrasts with harsh voice, in which the larynx is compressed.
There is no symbol for faucalized voice in the standard IPA. Diacritics seen in the literature include the strong articulation diacritic of the Extensions to the IPA. In the IPA extensions themselves, the symbol for faucalized voice is ⟨ꟸ⟩, as in .
A well known language with faucalized voice is Korean, with its "tense" consonants. The entire vocal tract is tense, and the occlusion (closure, contact of mouth parts) lasts longer than other consonants. For this reason they are often called fortis. There also appears to be elements of stiff voice in the Korean consonants, though faucalized voice is not yet well enough described to know how common this is.
| phonation | Korean | IPA | translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| tenuis | 달 | moon | |
| aspirated | 탈 | mask | |
| faucalized | 딸 | daughter |
The Bor dialect of Dinka has contrastive modal, breathy, faucalized, and harsh voice in its vowels, as well as three tones. The ad hoc diacritics employed in the literature are a subscript double quotation mark for faucalized voice, and underlining for harsh voice, . Examples are,
| phonation | IPA | translation |
|---|---|---|
| modal | tɕìt̪ | diarrhea |
| breathy | tɕì̤t̪ | go ahead |
| harsh | tɕì̱t̪ | scorpions |
| faucalized | tɕì͈t̪ | to swallow |
Famous quotes containing the word voice:
“It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)