Dentolabial consonant
Encyclopedia
Dentolabial consonants are consonants articulated with the lower teeth against the upper lip
, the reverse of labiodental consonant
s. They are rare cross-linguistically, but one allophone
of Swedish
ɧ has been described as a velarized
dentolabial fricative.
The diacritic
for dentolabial consonants in the Extended IPA is a superscript bridge, [ ͆], by analogy with the subscript bridge used for labiodentals. For example, the voiced dentolabial fricative is transcribed as [v͆], and the dentolabial nasal as [m͆].
Upper lip
The upper lip covers the anterior surface of the body of the maxilla.Its upper half is of usual skin color and has a depression at its centre, directly under the nasal septum, called the philtrum, while its lower half is a markedly different, red-colored skin tone more similar to the colour of the...
, the reverse of labiodental consonant
Labiodental consonant
In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.-Labiodental consonant in IPA:The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:...
s. They are rare cross-linguistically, but one allophone
Allophone
In phonology, an allophone is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds used to pronounce a single phoneme. For example, and are allophones for the phoneme in the English language...
of Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
ɧ has been described as a velarized
Velarization
Velarization is a secondary articulation of consonants by which the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during the articulation of the consonant.In the International Phonetic Alphabet, velarization is transcribed by one of three diacritics:...
dentolabial fricative.
The diacritic
Diacritic
A diacritic is a glyph added to a letter, or basic glyph. The term derives from the Greek διακριτικός . Diacritic is both an adjective and a noun, whereas diacritical is only an adjective. Some diacritical marks, such as the acute and grave are often called accents...
for dentolabial consonants in the Extended IPA is a superscript bridge, [ ͆], by analogy with the subscript bridge used for labiodentals. For example, the voiced dentolabial fricative is transcribed as [v͆], and the dentolabial nasal as [m͆].