Stiff voice

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The term stiff voice describes the pronunciation of consonants with a glottal opening narrower, and the vocal cords stiffer, than what occurs in "normal" (modal) voice. Although there is no specific IPA diacritic for stiff voice, the voicing diacritic (a subscript wedge) may be used in conjunction with the symbol for a voiced consonant. One language with stiff voice is Thai:

	Thai	translation
stiff voice	[b̬âː]	crazy
tenuis	[pâː]	aunt
aspirated	[pʰâː]	cloth

[edit] See also

• phonation
• breathy voice
• creaky voice
• slack voice
• faucalized voice
• harsh voice