Sonant

A sonant ( Latin sonare , sound ) is a voiced speech sound that forms a syllable core . It is a functional designation, that is, not a property of the sound per se, but depending on the respective role. A sound can be a sonant in one word and a consonant in another.

Example: [i] in German in the word “Idiot” ( [iˈdi̯oːt] ) is sonant the first time, but not the second time. [r], usually considered a consonant, is a sonant in “Brrr!”.

Sounds that can form a syllable core are called syllabic .

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Sounds of the following speech classes can be sonants:

• Vowels
• Liquid
• Nasals
• Sliding sounds

The term sonant should not be confused with that of sonant , which refers to a certain type of articulation.

See also

• Half vowel

literature

• Helmut Glück (Ed.), With the collaboration of Friederike Schmöe : Metzler-Lexikon Sprache. 3rd, revised edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2005, ISBN 3-476-02056-8 , p. 602.

Web links

Wiktionary: Sonant  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations