Submitted by Paulix_05 t3_10uai6n in askscience
Redingold t1_j7zhgav wrote
Reply to comment by johndburger in Do tonal language speakers understand each other while whispering? by Paulix_05
No, they really are different. It's a smaller difference than voiced vs unvoiced, known as fortis and lenis. Voiced consonants in English are fortis, and are pronounced more forcefully, and unvoiced consonants in English are lenis, and are pronounced less forcefully.
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