Aspiration

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Voiceless breath ( voiced vs voiceless) before (=preaspiration) or after (=postaspiration) the formation of a (usually voiceless) stop or fricative, due to the preceding (or succeeding) opening of the glottis, especially after (or before) the formation of a voiced vowel, e.g. [^hp], [^hk] in Icelandic ['hεhp:ιn] ‘happy,’ ['1Yh k:a] ‘luck’; [^hk'] in Georgian [^hk'idia] ‘(he/she/ it) hangs’; or Eng.

[p^h], [t^h], [k^h] in [p^hæn] pan, [t^hæn] tan, [k^hæn] can. The degree of air pressure determines the strength of aspiration. ( also articulatory phonetics, fortis vs lenis, phonotactics)

phonetics

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