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[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

[k] can be drawn out, it's done in Finnish in words like heikko or vierekkäin

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like þis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHipSN1XwHw

Þat's not a drawn-out stop; it's a glottalization - a pause, or a silence. It's no sound, not þe sound of a [k].

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Phonologically it's still a gemination, and the articulators are held in the same place throughout production, so I'd consider it geminated