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n. - The sound made by the vibration of folds modified by the resonance of the throat tract.

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  • Dropping sub-vocalisation can easily push you to 600 to 1000 words per minute.
  • As the Egyptians did not write down their vowels, the vocalisation of the language was hardly yet known.
  • Especially because in Both Latin and Greek you have to go out of your way to explain the bizarre vocalisation.
  • It sounds like the first step toward something, toward a vocalisation of difference rather than any kind of overthrow.
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