Voiced alveolar occlusive consonant

The voiced alveolar occlusive consonant is a frequent consonant sound in many languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet, is represented by a D lower-case.

According to the languages, it can be full, aspired, murmured, palatalized, labialized, deafened, etc

Characteristics

Here characteristics of the deaf alveolar occlusive consonant:

Its mode of articulation is occlusive, which means that it is produced by blocking the air of the vocal channel.
Its joint is alveolar, which means that it is articulated with either the point ( apical ) or the blade ( laminal ) of the language against the alveolar peak.
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

French has one, written D or D . However, contrary to several languages, French is dental.

In the other languages

In English and German, /d/, writing D or D , can also be aspired; the two achievements are Allophone S.

See too

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