Stiff voice

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Phonation
Glottal states
From open to closed:
Voiceless (full airstream)
Breathy voice (murmur)
Slack voice
Modal voice (maximum vibration)
Stiff voice
Creaky voice (restricted airstream)
Glottalized (blocked airstream)
Supra-glottal phonation
Faucalized voice ("hollow")
Harsh voice ("pressed")
Strident (harsh trilled)
Non-phonemic phonation
Whisper
Falsetto
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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 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.^[1]

One language with stiff voice is Thai ^[1]

phonation	Thai	IPA	trans.	Thai	IPA	translation
stiff voice	บ้า	[b̬âː]	crazy	ด่า	[d̪̬àː]	curse, scold
tenuis	ป้า	[pâː]	aunt	ตา	[t̪āː]	eye
aspirated	ผ้า	[pʰâː]	cloth	ท่า	[t̪ʰâː]	landing place

Javanese contrasts stiff and slack voiced bilabial, dental, retroflex, and velar stops^[1]

phonation	IPA	trans.	IPA	trans.	IPA	translation	IPA	trans.	IPA	trans.
stiff voice	[b̬aku]	nail	[d̬amu]	guest	[d̬z̬ariʔ]	sheet (of paper)	[ɖ̬iɖ̬iʔ]	little	[ɡ̌ali]	river
slack voice	[b̥aku]	standard	[d̥amu]	blow	[d̥z̥arit]	(type of women's clothing)	[ɖ̥isiʔ]	first	[ɡ̊ali]	dig

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