Editing Aspirated consonant (section)

===Preaspiration===
[[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] and [[Faroese language|Faroese]] have consonants with [[preaspiration]] {{IPA|[ʰp ʰt ʰk]}}, and some scholars{{who|date=April 2017}} interpret them as consonant clusters as well. In Icelandic, preaspirated stops [[Icelandic phonology#Aspiration and length contrasts (medial and final)|contrast with double stops and single stops]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Word
! IPA
! Meaning
|-
|''{{lang|is|kapp}}''
|{{IPA|[kʰɑʰp]}} or {{IPA|[kʰɑhp]}}
|zeal
|-
|''{{lang|is|gabb}}''
|{{IPA|[kɑpp]}}
|hoax
|-
|''{{lang|is|gap}}''
|{{IPA|[kɑːp]}}
|opening
|}
Preaspiration is also a feature of [[Scottish Gaelic]]:
{| class="wikitable"
! Word
! IPA
! Meaning
|-
|''{{lang|gd|cat}}''
|{{IPA|[kʰɑʰt]}}
|cat
|}
Preaspirated stops also occur in most [[Sami languages]]. For example, in [[Northern Sami]], the unvoiced stop and affricate phonemes {{IPA|/p/}}, {{IPA|/t/}}, {{IPA|/ts/}}, {{IPA|/tʃ/}}, {{IPA|/k/}} are pronounced preaspirated ({{IPA|[ʰp]}}, {{IPA|[ʰt]}} {{IPA|[ʰts]}}, {{IPA|[ʰtʃ]}}, {{IPA|[ʰk]}}) in medial or final position.