spoken
adj.adj. the past participle of 'speak'. You use it when you have finished talking or when you are describing language that is said out loud rather than written down.
adj. the past participle of the irregular verb 'speak'. Functions as the third principal part in perfect tenses and the passive voice, or as an attributive adjective to distinguish oral communication from written text.
She has spoken to the manager about the problem.
By the time the meeting ended, every member of the committee had spoken at least once regarding the new policy.
The difference between the spoken word and the written text lies in the immediate, often irreversible nature of oral delivery compared to the curated precision of prose.
Morphologically spoke + -n.
As a past participle, it requires an auxiliary verb like 'have' or 'be' to form a complete predicate.
I have spoke to himI have spoken to himLearners often confuse the simple past 'spoke' with the past participle 'spoken' when forming the present perfect.