👉 In linguistics, "donary" is a term used to describe a type of consonant that sounds like a vowel but has a high pitch. The term was first used in 19th century literature by Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare to refer to a particular sound, which they believed represented the high-pitched "singing voice" of birds. In modern usage, donary is often considered an irregular consonant that sounds like a vowel but has a high pitch. It can be distinguished
