In Sanskrit, this feature disappears from the first of two consecutive phonemes that have it, according to Grassmann's law.
Eastern Armenian is a rare example of a language that uses this feature for contrast in word-final positions. Ancient Greek grammarians used the words "thin," "thick," and "middle" to express the degree of this feature. Proto-Indo-European unusually had a voiced consonant series with this feature, but not a voiceless series with it. This feature is usually indicated by a large positive voice-onset time. In Sanskrit, this feature disappears from the first of two consecutive phonemes that have it, according to Grassmann's law. The loss of this feature in Proto-Germanic voiced stops is the final phase of Grimm's law. This feature can be called "breathy voice" when applied to a voiced stop. This feature is represented in IPA with a superscript "h." For 10 points, name this linguistic feature in which air is puffed while pronouncing a consonant.
Eastern Armenian is a rare example of a language that uses this feature for contrast in word-final positions.
aspiration [or aspirated consonants; prompt on breathy voice until read] &lt;Weiner&gt;