Extrinsic allophone

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An extrinsic allophone is an allophone that is produced systematically (without a physiological reason) by speakers of a certain language.

Example

An example for English: aspirated voiceless stops at the beginning of stressed syllables.

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

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