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The voiceless dental plosive is a type of consonantConsonant

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a closure or stricture of the ...
al sound, used in some spoken languageLanguage

A language is a system of s, such as voice sounds, gestures or written symbols that encode or decode information....
s. The symbol in the International Phonetic AlphabetInternational Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists....
 that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPAX-SAMPA

The Extended SAM Phonetic Alphabet is a variant of SAMPA developed in 1995 by John C....
 symbol is t_d. This is the symbol for the voiceless alveolar plosiveVoiceless alveolar plosive Overview

The voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages....
 with the "bridge below" diacritic meaning dentalDental consonant Overview

Dentals are consonants such as t, d, n, and l articulated with either the lower teeth, the upper teeth, or b...
.

Features

Features of the voiceless dental plosive:

  • Its manner of articulationManner of articulation

    In linguistics , manner of articulation describes how the tongue, lips, and other speech organs involved in making a sound m...
     is plosiveStop consonant

    A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract....
     or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
  • Its place of articulationPlace of articulation

    In articulatory phonetics, the place of articulation of a consonant is the point of contact, where an obstruction occurs in...
     is dentalDental consonant

    Dentals are consonants such as t, d, n, and l articulated with either the lower teeth, the upper teeth, or b...
     which means it is articulated with the tongue on either the lower or the upper teeth, or both.
  • Its phonationPhonation

    In phonetics, phonation is the "use of the laryngeal system to generate an audible source of acoustic energy, i.e., sound, w...
     type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
  • It is an oral consonantOral consonant

    An oral consonant is a consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth....
    , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
  • It is a central consonantCentral consonant

    A central or medial consonant is a consonant sound that is produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over t...
    , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the center of the tongue, rather than the sides.
  • The airstream mechanismAirstream mechanism

    In phonetics, the airstream mechanism is the method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract....
     is pulmonic egressivePulmonic egressive

    In human speech, pulmonic egressive sounds are those in which the air stream is created by the lungs exhaling and pushing ai...
    , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungLung

    The lung is the essential respiration organ in air-breathing vertebrates....
    s and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottisGlottis Summary

    The space between the vocal cords is called the glottis....
     or the mouth.

Varieties of the voiceless dental plosive

See also