Definition
An allophone is a phonetic variant of a phoneme in a particular language.
Examples (English)
· [p] and [pH] are allophones of the phoneme /p/.
· [t] and [tH] are allophones of the phoneme /t/.
Examples (Spanish)
· [b] and [B] are allophones of the phoneme /b/.
· [d] and [D] are allophones of the phoneme /d/.
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