Dental (definition)

Dental is a phonetic place of articulation involving the upper front teeth.

• Dental consonants in English are [θ] (interdental voiceless fricative) and [ð] (interdental voiced fricative), both represented by the orthography <th>.
• In Gaelic the Sounds written with <t>, <d> are dental sounds.

See Also

• Velar (definition)
• Glottal (definition)
• Alveolar (definition)
• Labial (definition)
• Palatal (definition)
• Pharyngeal (definition)
• Place of Articulation (definition)
• Consonant (definition)

External Links

• Wikipedia page on Dental Consonants
• Interactive IPA Charts

References

• Crystal, David. (1997) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
• Ladefoged, Peter (1993) A Course in Phonetics Third Edition. London: Harcourt Press.