Voiced dental and alveolar stops

The voiced alveolar, dental and postalveolar 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 stops is ⟨d⟩ (although the symbol ⟨d̪⟩ can be used to distinguish the dental stop, and ⟨d̠⟩ the postalveolar), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d.

Voiced alveolar stop
d
IPA Number	104
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	d
Unicode (hex)	U+0064
X-SAMPA	d
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Voiced dental stop
d̪
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Features

Features of the voiced alveolar stop:

• Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a stop.
• There are three specific variants of [d]:
  • Dental, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the upper teeth, termed respectively apical and laminal.
  • Denti-alveolar, which means it is articulated with the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, and the tip of the tongue behind upper teeth.
  • Alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.

• Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.

• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.

• It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.

• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.

Occurrence

Dental or denti-alveolar

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Armenian	Eastern[1]	դեմք / demk’	[d̪ɛmkʰ]	'face'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
	Western	տալ / dal	[d̪ɑl]	'to give'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
Bashkir		дүрт / dürt	[dʏʷrt]	'four'
Basque		diru	[d̪iɾu]	'money'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
Belarusian[2]		падарожжа/padarožža	[päd̪äˈroʐʐä]	'travel'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Belarusian phonology
Bengali		'দু'ধ/dudh	[d̪ud̪ʱ]	'milk'	Laminal denti-alveolar. Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. See Bengali phonology
Catalan[3]		dit	[ˈd̪it̪]	'finger'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Catalan phonology
Chinese	Wu	唐/da	[d̪ɑ̃]	'the Tang dynasty'
Dinka[4]		dhek	[d̪ek]	'distinct'	Laminal denti-alveolar. Contrasts with alveolar /d/.
Dutch	Belgian	ding	[d̪ɪŋ]	'thing'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
English	Dublin[5]	then	[d̪ɛn]	'then'	Laminal denti-alveolar. Corresponds to [ð] in other dialects; in Dublin it may be [d͡ð] instead.[5] See English phonology
	Southern Irish[6]
	Geordie[7]				Word-initial allophone of /ð/; may be realized as [ð] instead.[7]
	Ulster[8]	dream	[d̪ɹim]	'dream'	Laminal denti-alveolar. Allophone of /d/ before /r/, in free variation with an alveolar stop.
Esperanto		mondo	[ˈmondo]	'world'	See Esperanto phonology
French[9]		dais	[d̪ɛ]	'canopy'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See French phonology
Georgian[10]		კუდი	[ˈkʼud̪i]	'tail'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Georgian phonology
Hindustani[11]		दूध / دودھ‎/duudh	[d̪uːd̪ʱ]	'milk'	Laminal denti-alveolar. Hindustani contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Irish		dorcha	[ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəxə]	'dark'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Irish phonology
Italian[12]		dare	[ˈd̪äːre]	'to give'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Italian phonology
Japanese[13]		男性的 / danseiteki	[d̪ä̃ɰ̃se̞ːt̪e̞kʲi]	'masculine'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Japanese phonology
Kashubian[14]					Laminal denti-alveolar.
Kyrgyz[15]		дос	[d̪os̪]	'friend'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
Latvian[16]		drudzis	[ˈd̪rud̪͡z̪is̪]	'fever'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Latvian phonology
Marathi		दगड/ dagaḍ	[d̪əɡəɖ]	'stone'	Laminal denti-alveolar. Marathi contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. See Marathi phonology
Nepali		दिन/din	[d̪in]	'daytime'	Contrasts with aspirated form. See Nepali Phonology
Pashto		ﺪﻮﻩ‎/dwa	[ˈd̪wɑ]	'two'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
Polish[17]		dom	[d̪ɔm]	'home'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Polish phonology
Portuguese[18]	Many dialects	dar	[ˈd̪aɾ]	'to give'	Laminal denti-alveolar. May palatalize or lenite in certain environments, depending on dialect. See Portuguese phonology
Punjabi	Gurmukhi	ਦਾਲ/dāl	[d̪ɑːl]	'lentils'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
	Shahmukhi	دال/dāl
Russian[19]		дышать/ dyshat'	[d̪ɨ̞ˈʂatʲ]	'to breathe'	Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with a palatalized alveolar variant. See Russian phonology
Serbo-Croatian[20]		дуга / duga	[d̪ǔːgä]	'rainbow'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Serbo-Croatian phonology
Slovene[21]		danes	[ˈd̪àːnəs̪]	'today'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
Spanish[22]		hundido	[ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o̞]	'sunken'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Spanish phonology
Turkish		dal	[d̪äɫ]	'twig'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Turkish phonology
Ukrainian[23][24]		дерево/derevo	[ˈd̪ɛrɛβ̞ɔ]	'tree'	Laminal denti-alveolar. See Ukrainian phonology
Uzbek[25]		sifatida	[siɸætidæ]	'as'	Laminal denti-alveolar.
Zapotec	Tilquiapan[26]	dan	[d̪aŋ]	'countryside'	Laminal denti-alveolar.

Alveolar

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Adyghe		дахэ/daahė	[daːxa]	'pretty'
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic		wada‎	[waːda]	'to do'	Predominant in the Urmia, Jilu, Baz, Gawar and Nochiya dialects. Corresponds to [ð̞] in other varieties.
Bengali		ডাব/ḍab	[d̠ab]	'green coconut'	True alveolar in eastern dialects, apical post-alveolar in western dialects. Usually transcribed in IPA as [ɖ]. See Bengali phonology.
Czech		do	[do]	'into'	See Czech phonology
Dutch[27]		dak	[dɑk]	'roof'	See Dutch phonology
English	Most speakers	dash	[ˈdæʃ]	'dash'	See English phonology
Finnish		sidos	[ˈsido̞s]	'bond'	See Finnish phonology
Greek		ντροπή / dropí	[dro̞ˈpi]	'shame'	See Modern Greek phonology
Hebrew		דואר‎/ do'ar	[ˈdoʔaʁ]	'mail'	See Modern Hebrew phonology
Hungarian		adó	[ˈɒdoː]	'tax'	See Hungarian phonology
Indonesian[28]		dacing	[ˈdätʃɪŋ]	'balancing scale'
Kabardian		дахэ/ daahė	[daːxa]	'pretty'
Korean		아들 / adeul	[ɐdɯl]	'son'	See Korean phonology
Kurdish	Northern	diran	[dɪɾä:n]	'tooth'	See Kurdish phonology
	Central	ددان/ dadân	[dædä:n]
	Southern	دیان/dîân	[diːä:n]
Luxembourgish[29]		brudder	[ˈb̥ʀudɐ]	'brother'	More often voiceless [t].[29] See Luxembourgish phonology
Malay	Standard	dahan	[dähän]	'branch'	See Malay phonology
	Kelantan-Pattani		[dahɛː]		See Kelantan-Pattani Malay
Maltese		dehen	[den]	'wit'
Thai		ดาว/ dāw	[daːw]	'star'
West Frisian		doarp	[ˈdwɑrp]	'village'
Yi		ꄿ/dda	[da˧]	'competent'
Yonaguni		与那国 / dunan	[dunaŋ]	'Yonaguni'

Variable

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Arabic		دين‎/diin	[diːn]	'religion'	Laminal denti-alveolar or alveolar, depending on the dialect. See Arabic phonology.
English	Broad South African[30]	dawn	[doːn]	'dawn'	Laminal denti-alveolar for some speakers, alveolar for other speakers.[30][31][32]
	Scottish[31]		[dɔn]
	Welsh[32]		[dɒːn]
German	Standard[33]	oder	[ˈoːdɐ]	'or'	Varies between laminal denti-alveolar, laminal alveolar and apical alveolar.[33] See Standard German phonology
Norwegian	Urban East[34]	dans	[d̻ɑns]	'dance'	Partially voiced or fully voiceless [t]. Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar.[34] See Norwegian phonology
Persian[35]		اداره‎/edāre	[edaːre]	'office'	Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and apical alveolar.[35] See Persian phonology
Slovak[36][37]		do	[d̻ɔ̝]	'into'	Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar.[36][37] See Slovak phonology
Swedish	Central Standard[38]	dag	[dɑːɡ]	'day'	Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and alveolar, with the former being predominant.[38] May be an approximant in casual speech. See Swedish phonology

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

Notes

1. Dum-Tragut (2009), p. 13.
2. Padluzhny (1989), p. 47.
3. Carbonell & Llisterri (1992), p. 53.
4. Remijsen & Manyang (2009), pp. 115, 121.
5. Collins & Mees (2003), p. 302.
6. Roca & Johnson (1999), p. 24.
7. Watt & Allen (2003), p. 270.
8. "Week 18 (ii). Northern Ireland" (PDF).
9. Fougeron & Smith (1993), p. 73.
10. Shosted & Chikovani (2006), p. 255. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFShostedChikovani2006 (help)
11. Ladefoged (2005), p. 141.
12. Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004), p. 117.
13. Okada (1999), p. 117.
14. Jerzy Treder. "Fonetyka i fonologia". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
15. Kara (2003), p. 11.
16. Nau (1998), p. 6.
17. Jassem (2003), p. 103.
18. Cruz-Ferreira (1995), p. 91.
19. Jones & Ward (1969), p. 99.
20. Landau et al. (1999), p. 66.
21. Pretnar & Tokarz (1980), p. 21.
22. Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003), p. 255.
23. S. Buk; J. Mačutek; A. Rovenchak (2008). "Some properties of the Ukrainian writing system". arXiv:0802.4198.
24. Danyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 4.
25. Sjoberg (1963), p. 10.
26. Merrill (2008), p. 108.
27. Gussenhoven (1992), p. 45.
28. Soderberg & Olson (2008), p. 210.
29. Gilles & Trouvain (2013), pp. 67–68.
30. Lass (2002), p. 120.
31. Scobbie, Gordeeva & Matthews (2006), p. 4.
32. Wells (1982), p. 388.
33. Mangold (2005), p. 47.
34. Kristoffersen (2000:22)
35. Mahootian (2002:287–289) harvcoltxt error: no target: CITEREFMahootian2002 (help)
36. Kráľ (1988), p. 72.
37. Pavlík (2004), pp. 98–99.
38. Riad (2014:46)

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External links

• List of languages with [d] on PHOIBLE