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Voiced alveolar plosive [d]

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The voiced alveolar plosive [d] is a consonant phone.

Features[edit | edit source]

  • Its manner of articulation is a plosive, which means that the airflow is completely obstructed before being released.
  • Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means that the sound is produced by the tongue making contact with the alveolar ridge, located just behind the upper front teeth.
  • It’s a voiced consonant, which means that the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation of the sound.

Classification[edit | edit source]

It’s classified as an alveolar plosive, and has a voiceless counterpart, the voiceless alveolar plosive [t].

Representation[edit | edit source]

It has the IPA symbol lowercase D, i.e. ⟨d⟩, and the IPA number 104.

English[edit | edit source]

In English, this is the standard pronunciation of the D phoneme /d/.

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