Dental (definition)
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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)
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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.
