元音鬆緊對立

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紧喉元音。听感上相对松喉元音要响亮、清楚和尖锐的元音。发紧喉元音的时候，声门靠里的一段部位稍微收缩，声带绷紧，故发出的声音比较清脆。在汉语中，紧喉元音常常在这些场合产生：

• A对B模仿他跟某人厉声说话的情景
• 戏场里喝彩声“好”
• 通俗唱法男声的某些音质等等

大多数语言中元音的松紧并不构成音位对立，所以长期被语言学家们所忽视。紧喉音一开始是由马学良调查彝语时开始注意到的，后来得到了李方桂的认同。已知存在元音松紧对立的语言有：

• 彝语
• 纳西语
• 傈僳语
• 白语
• 景颇语

这些语言都属于藏缅语。