In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of breath that accompanies either the release or, in the case of preaspiration, the closure of some obstruents. In English, aspirated consonants are allophones in complementary distribution with their unaspirated counterparts, but in some other languages, notably most Indian and East Asian languages, the difference is contrastive. COUNT 3
QSN1 Aspiration and preaspiration are used in what? ANS1 phonetics QSN2 Aspirated consonants are what in English? ANS2 allophones QSN3 What are two language types where the difference is contrastive? ANS3 Indian and East Asian