Wikipedia: History of Phoneme

Difference (from prior major revision) (minor diff, author diff)

Changed: 2c2

can change the meaning of a word. A phoneme may as well represent several similar sounds.

can change the meaning of a word. A phoneme may well represent several similar sounds.

Changed: 14c14

What may be an allophone in one language may be a phoneme in another language. In English, for example, /p/ has aspirated and non-aspirated allophones, e.g. aspirated in /pIn/, but non-aspirated in /spIn/. However, in some languages (e.g. [Ancient Greek]?), aspirated /p_h/ was a phoneme distinct from both unaspirated /p/ and /b/.

What may be an allophone (a different sound belonging to the same phoneme) in one language may be a phoneme in another language. In English, for example, /p/ has aspirated and non-aspirated allophones, e.g. aspirated in /pIn/, but non-aspirated in /spIn/. However, in some languages (e.g. [Ancient Greek]?), aspirated /p_h/ was a phoneme distinct from both unaspirated /p/ and /b/.

	Revision 15 . . (edit) December 8, 2001 8:07 am by RoseParks
	Revision 14 . . December 8, 2001 7:30 am by Hannes Hirzel [clarified allophone]
	Revision 13 . . November 13, 2001 4:48 am by (logged).11.172.xxx