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  2. Alveolar consonant - Wikipedia

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    The alveolar or dental consonants [t] and [n] are, along with [k], the most common consonants in human languages. [6] Nonetheless, there are a few languages that lack them. A few languages on Bougainville Island and around Puget Sound , such as Makah , lack nasals and therefore [n] but have [t] .

  3. Dental consonant - Wikipedia

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    Although denti-alveolar consonants are often described as dental, it is the point of contact farthest to the back that is most relevant, defines the maximum acoustic space of resonance and gives a characteristic sound to a consonant. [5] In French, the contact that is farthest back is alveolar or sometimes slightly pre-alveolar.

  4. List of consonants - Wikipedia

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    Fricated alveolar clicks [ǃᶴ] (also voiced, nasalized, etc.) Non-sibilant affricates. Voiceless bilabial affricate [pɸ] Voiceless bilabial-labiodental affricate [pf] Voiceless labiodental affricate [p̪f] Voiced labiodental affricate [b̪v] Voiceless dental affricate [t̪θ] Voiced dental affricate [d̪ð] [dubious – discuss]

  5. Category:Alveolar consonants - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Alveolar consonants" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. ... Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants;

  6. Voiced dental, alveolar and postalveolar nasals - Wikipedia

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    True dental consonants are relatively uncommon. In the Romance, Dravidian, and Australian languages, n is often called "dental" in the literature. However, the rearmost contact, which gives a consonant its distinctive sound, is actually alveolar or denti-alveolar. The difference between the Romance languages and English is not so much where the ...

  7. Voiceless dental and alveolar plosives - Wikipedia

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    The voiceless alveolar, dental and postalveolar plosives (or stops) are types of consonantal sounds used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental , alveolar , and postalveolar plosives is t , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t .

  8. Voiced dental and alveolar plosives - Wikipedia

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    The voiced alveolar, dental and postalveolar plosives (or stops) are types of consonantal sounds used in many spoken languages.The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiced dental, alveolar, and postalveolar plosives is d (although the symbol d̪ can be used to distinguish the dental plosive, and d̠ the postalveolar), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d.

  9. IPA consonant chart with audio - Wikipedia

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    The following tables present pulmonic and non-pulmonic consonants. In the IPA, a pulmonic consonant is a consonant made by obstructing the glottis (the space between the vocal cords) or oral cavity (the mouth) and either simultaneously or subsequently letting out air from the lungs. Pulmonic consonants make up the majority of consonants in the ...