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In English, the digraph th usually represents either the voiced dental fricative phoneme /ð/ (as in this) or the voiceless dental fricative phoneme /θ/ (as in thing). Occasionally, it stands for /t/ (as in Thailand, or Thomas). In the word eighth, it is often pronounced /tθ/.
The voiced dental fricative is a consonant sound used in some spoken languages.It is familiar to English-speakers as the th sound in father.Its symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is eth, or ð and was taken from the Old English and Icelandic letter eth, which could stand for either a voiced or unvoiced (inter)dental non-sibilant fricative.
This is a list of all the consonants which have a dedicated letter in the ... voiced dental fricative [ð] (this) voiced dental implosive [ɗ̪] voiced ...
Breathy voiced ̪ ͆: Dental ̬: Voiced ̰: Creaky voiced ̺: Apical ʰ: Aspirated ̼: Linguolabial ̻: Laminal ̹ ͗ ˒ More rounded ʷ: Labialized ̃: Nasalized ̜ ͑ ˓ Less rounded ʲ: Palatalized ⁿ: Nasal release ̟ ˖ Advanced ˠ: Velarized ˡ: Lateral release ̠ ˗ Retracted ˤ: Pharyngealized ̚: No audible release ̈
There are several types (those used in English being written as th): Voiced dental fricative [ð] - as in the English this, [ðɪs]. [2] Voiceless dental fricative [θ] - as in the English thin, [θɪn]. [2] Dental ejective fricative [θʼ]
English also uses th to represent the voiced dental fricative /ð/, as in father. This unusual extension of the digraph to represent a voiced sound is caused by the fact that, in Old English, the sounds [θ] and [ð] stood in allophonic relationship to each other and so did not need to be rigorously distinguished in spelling.
A dental consonant is a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth, such as /θ/, /ð/.In some languages, dentals are distinguished from other groups, such as alveolar consonants, in which the tongue contacts the gum ridge.
Flapping or tapping, also known as alveolar flapping, intervocalic flapping, or t-voicing, is a phonological process involving a voiced alveolar tap or flap; it is found in many varieties of English, especially North American, Cardiff, Ulster, Australian and New Zealand English, where the voiceless alveolar stop consonant phoneme /t/ is pronounced as a voiced alveolar flap [ɾ], a sound ...