In many languages, such as Armenian, Korean, Thai, Indo-Aryan languages, Dravidian languages, Icelandic, Ancient Greek, and the varieties of Chinese, tenuis and aspirated consonants are phonemic. Unaspirated consonants like [p˭ s˭] and aspirated consonants like [pʰ ʰp sʰ] are separate phonemes, and words are distinguished by whether they have one or the other.
In many languages , such as Armenian , Korean , Thai , Indo - Aryan languages , Dravidian languages , Icelandic , Ancient Greek , and the varieties of Chinese , tenuis and aspirated consonants are phonemic . Unaspirated consonants like [ p˭ s˭ ] and aspirated consonants like [ pʰ ʰp sʰ ] are separate phonemes , and words are distinguished by whether they have one or the other .
[p˭ s˭] and [pʰ ʰp sʰ] are separate what?
[ p˭ s˭ ] and [ pʰ ʰp sʰ ] are separate what ?
phonemes
phonemes