Are Sonorants Louder Than Obstruents?
Are Sonorants Louder Than Obstruents? Are Sonorants louder than Obstruents? In the sonority hierarchy, all sounds higher than fricatives are sonorants. They can therefore form the nucleus of a syllable in languages that place that distinction at that level of sonority; see Syllable for details. Sonorants contrast with obstruents, which do stop or cause turbulence