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Voicing refers to whether or not the vocal cords are vibrating. Sounds like [m] are '''voiced''', the vocal cords vibrate throughout its articulation. By contrast a sound like [s] is '''unvoiced''' or '''voiceless'''. In Gaelic the sounds that are voiced include [m, n, l, r, N, L, R, v, w, g, ɣ] and all the vowels. The voiceless sounds include [f, s, k, x]. The [[Stop (definition)|stop]] sounds of Gaelic do not contrast in voicing. Instead they contrast in [[aspiration]] (the sounds written as "p, t, c" are aspirated: [pʰ, tʰ, kʰ] or preaspirated [ʰp, ʰt, ᵡk]; the sounds written as ''b, d, g'' are unaspirated [p, t, k]

==See Also==
*[[Manner of Articulation (definition)]]
*[[Voice in Phonetics (definition)]]
*[[Consonant (definition)]]

==External Links==
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*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_(phonetics)
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_(phonetics)
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet
*[http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/charts.html Interactive IPA Charts]

==References==
*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.''  Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
*Ladefoged, Peter (1993) ''A Course in Phonetics'' Third Edition. London: Harcourt Press.
*Matthews, P. H. (1997) ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press.