The consonant spirante voiced dental consonant is an existing consonant sound in certain spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, is composed of the symbol for a fricative Consonne voiced dental consonant, diacrity by the symbol indicating a lowering.
Characteristics
Here characteristics of the consonant spirante voiced dental consonant:
- Its mode of articulation is spirante, which means that it is produced by moderately contracting the phonatory bodies at the joint, hardly causing a turbulence.
- Its joint is dental consonant, which means that it is articulated with the language on the lower or higher teeth, or both.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means that the vocal cords vibrate at the time of the articulation.
- It is a oral Consonne, which means that the air does not escape that by the mouth.
- It is a central Consonne, which means that it is produced by letting the air pass above the medium of the language, rather than by the sides.
- Its mechanism of draft is égressif pulmonary, which means that it is articulated by pushing the air by the lungs and through the channel vocatoire, rather than by the glottis or the mouth.
In French
Other languages
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