Tenuis

In linguistics, tenues (singular: tenuis ) are voiceless, breathless or "hard" plosives , e.g. B. p, t, k.

Examples from the Greek are the Dental Tau , the Labial Pi and the Velar Kappa (t, p, k). Velars and labials change their tone form before a tenuis to a tenuis. Example: φ + τ> πτ; (Labial "ph" + Tenuis "t"> Tenuis "p" + Tenuis "t"), so in γρα πτ ός (written) from γρά φ ειν (write)

Other types of articulation , i.e. non-tenues, are e.g. B. the voiced media and breathed sounds ( aspiratae ).

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