In addition to the most commonly occurring nil phonation (voicelessness), in which the vocal folds are drawn apart and do not vibrate, and modal (or full) voicing, when they are adjusted so that the air passing between them causes their periodic opening and closing (vibration), there are other types of phonation involving more complex configurations of the vocal folds and the space between them (the glottis).
See: breathy voice, slack voice, creaky voice
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