/h/ as in "hope"

Classification: Voiceless Aspirate

Notes: Weak energy. Usually unvoiced, but the voiced /h_v/ is a legitimate allophone in English. Since only the glottis is involved in pronouncing /h/, look for extensive coarticulation with the succeeding vowel.

A typical /h/ may look like:


Speaker: Tim Carmell
Word: the /h/ section of the word "hall"


Speaker: Tim Carmell
Word: the /h/ section of the word "hope"

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