Allophone is any speech sound that represents a single phoneme.
The K in kit and skit are allophones of the phoneme K.
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An allophone is a phonetical term for any of two or more
alternative pronunciations for a phoneme, or, in Canada, a person
whose mother tongue is neither English or French.
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A variant form of the same phoneme is known as an allophone. Allophones are different pronunciation of the same sound within a language and do not change the meaning of a word.
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Yes, as demonstrated in the following Latin words:
Quia, quod- because
Qui, quae, quod (pronouns)
Quot- how many
Queror- to ask
Primusque- and first
Quattuor- four
There is no Q in the ancient greek alphabet. There was a qoppa, but it was an allophone for kappa - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qoppa
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According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries
used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern
AL--PH---. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd
letter L and 5th letter P and 6th letter H. In alphabetical order,
they are: