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noun
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a speech sound characterized by relatively free air passage through some channel, as a vowel, semivowel, liquid, or nasal. Compare obstruent.
adjective
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of, pertaining to, or having the properties of a sonorant.
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Sonorant
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So is lingual. Does it mean:
| back-vowel resonance in the 'l' sound when situated after a vowel in the same syllable |
| articulated with the aid of the tongue, especially the tip of the tongue |
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sonorant
in phonetics, any of the nasal, liquid, and glide consonants that are marked by a continuing resonant sound. Sonorants have more acoustic energy than other consonants. In English the sonorants are y, w, l, r, m, n, and ng. See also nasal; liquid
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