Plosives and aspiration
PLOSIVES FRICATIVES AFFRICATES fortis lenis
FORTIS LENIS voicing length strength aspiration glottalization unvoiced often voiced length longer shorter strength stronger weaker may be aspirated not aspirated aspiration not glottalized may be glottalized glottalization
PLOSIVES FRICATIVES AFFRICATES fortis lenis
PLOSIVES
ph p b Icelandic pæ bæ French peau beau English pie buy
VOT Voice Onset time
lip closure release no voicing voicing labba labour pay, páll bay (E.) bein (I.)
VOT Voice Onset Time
tenuis, as /p/, which is like ‹p› in English spin For the English speaker, a notable feature of the Hindi/Urdu consonants is that there is a four-way distinction of phonation among plosives, rather than the two-way distinction found in English. The phonations are: tenuis, as /p/, which is like ‹p› in English spin voiced, as /b/, which is like ‹b› in English bin aspirated, as /pʰ/, which is like ‹p› in English pin, and murmured, as /bʱ/. http://wapedia.mobi/en/Hindi%E2%80%93Urdu_phonology#2.
Hindi consonants
lip closure release no voicing voicing pay, I. páll bay I. bein Fr. beau Fr. peau Ind. E. pay Ind.E. bay