jatkuvuusääni
Jatkuvuusääni, or continuous sound, is a phonological category referring to segments that can be sustained or prolonged during articulation without a complete closure of the vocal tract. It contrasts with plosives (stops), which require an audible release of the closure. The term is used in phonetics and phonology to describe a particular property of articulation rather than classifying a fixed set of sounds.
Continuants are produced with a constriction that does not fully block the airflow, allowing the sound to
In linguistic analysis, the continuant property interacts with phonotactics, syllable structure, and historical sound change. For
In Finnish linguistics, jatkuvuusääni is used as a feature to indicate whether a segment can be prolonged.
Common examples of continuants across languages include f, s, ʃ, x, v, l, r, j, and h. The