| Voiced alveolar plosive | |||
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| d | |||
| IPA number | 104 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | d | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0064 | ||
| X-SAMPA | d | ||
| Braille | |||
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| Voiced dental plosive | |||
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| d̪ | |||
| IPA number | 104 408 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | d̪ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0064 U+032A | ||
| X-SAMPA | d_d | ||
| Braille | |||
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Voiced alveolar anddental plosives (orstops) are a type ofconsonantal sound used in manyspokenlanguages. The alveolar is familiar to English-speakers as the "d" sound in "adore".
The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceddental,alveolar andpostalveolarplosives is ⟨d⟩; the diacritic in ⟨d̪⟩ can be used to distinguish the dental.
There are only a few languages that distinguish dental and alveolar stops (or often more precisely laminal and apical alveolar stops), among themKota,Toda,Venda and someIrish dialects.
Features of a voiced alveolar stop:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | derë | [dɛːɾ] | 'door' | ||||
| Arabic | Egyptian | دنيا /donya | [ˈdonjæ] | 'world' | SeeEgyptian Arabic phonology | ||
| Armenian | Eastern[1] | դեմք /demk' | [d̪ɛmkʰ]ⓘ | 'face' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| Western | տալ /dal | [d̪ɑl] | 'to give' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Bashkir | дүрт /dürt | [dʏʷrt]ⓘ | 'four' | ||||
| Basque | diru | [d̪iɾu] | 'money' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Belarusian[2] | падарожжа/padarožža | [päd̪äˈroʐːä] | 'travel' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeBelarusian phonology | |||
| Bengali | দুধ/dūdh | [d̪ud̪ʱ] | 'milk' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. SeeBengali phonology | |||
| Catalan[3] | drac | [ˈd̪ɾak] | 'dragon' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeCatalan phonology | |||
| Dinka[4] | dhek | [d̪ek] | 'distinct' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Contrasts with alveolar/d/. | |||
| Dhivehi | ދެރަ/Dhera | [d̪eɾa] | 'sad' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Dutch | Belgian | ding | [d̪ɪŋ] | 'thing' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| English | Dublin[5] | then | [d̪ɛn] | 'then' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | Corresponds to[ð] in other dialects. In Dublin it may be[d͡ð].[5] | SeeEnglish phonology |
| SouthernIrish[6] | |||||||
| Geordie[7] | Word-initial allophone of/ð/; may be realized as[ð] instead.[7] | ||||||
| Indian | |||||||
| Ulster[8] | dream | [d̪ɹim] | 'dream' | Allophone of/d/ before/r/, in free variation with an alveolar stop. | |||
| Esperanto | mondo | [ˈmondo] | 'world' | SeeEsperanto phonology. | |||
| French[9] | dais | [d̪ɛ] | 'canopy' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeFrench phonology | |||
| Georgian[10] | კუდი | [ˈkʼud̪i] | 'tail' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeGeorgian phonology | |||
| Hindustani[11] | Hindi | दूध /dūdh | [d̪uːd̪ʱ] | 'milk' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Hindustani contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. | Contrasts with aspirated form <ध>. | SeeHindi-Urdu phonology |
| Urdu | دودھ /dūdh | Contrasts with aspirated form <دھ>. | |||||
| Hungarian | adó | [ɒd̪oː] | 'tax' | SeeHungarian phonology | |||
| Irish | dorcha | [ˈd̪ˠɔɾˠəxə] | 'dark' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeIrish phonology | |||
| Italian[12] | dare | [ˈd̪äːre] | 'to give' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeItalian phonology | |||
| Japanese[13] | 男性的 /danseiteki | [d̪ä̃ɰ̃se̞ːt̪e̞kʲi] | 'masculine' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeJapanese phonology | |||
| Kashubian[14] | [example needed] | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||||
| Kazakh | дос | [d̪os̪] | 'friend' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Kyrgyz[15] | дос | [d̪os̪] | 'friend' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Latvian[16] | drudzis | [ˈd̪rud̪͡z̪is̪] | 'fever' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeLatvian phonology | |||
| Malayalam | ദിവസം/divasam | [d̪iʋɐsɐm] | 'day' | SeeMalayalam phonology | |||
| Marathi | दगड/dagaḍ | [d̪əɡəɖ] | 'stone' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Marathi contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. SeeMarathi phonology | |||
| Minangkabau | Padang | dakek | [d̪äke̞ʔ] | 'near' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| Nepali | दिन/din | [d̪in] | 'daytime' | Contrasts with aspirated form. SeeNepali Phonology | |||
| Odia | ଦଶ/daśa | [d̪ɔsɔ] | 'ten' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |||
| Pashto | ﺪﻮﻩ/dwa | [ˈd̪wɑ] | 'two' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Polish[17] | dom | [d̪ɔm]ⓘ | 'home' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeePolish phonology | |||
| Portuguese[18] | Many dialects | dar | [ˈd̪aɾ] | 'to give' | Laminal denti-alveolar. May palatalize orlenite in certain environments, depending on dialect. SeePortuguese phonology | ||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਦਾਲ/dāl | [d̪ɑːl] | 'lentils' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| Shahmukhi | دال/dāl | ||||||
| Russian[19] | два/dva | [ˈd̪va] | 'two' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with apalatalized alveolar variant. SeeRussian phonology | |||
| Scottish Gaelic | Uist andBarra | leantail | [ˈʎɛnd̪al] | 'following' | Allophone of[t̪] after nasals. SeeScottish Gaelic phonology | ||
| Serbo-Croatian[20] | дуга /duga | [d̪ǔːgä] | 'rainbow' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSerbo-Croatian phonology | |||
| Sinhala | දවස | [d̪aʋəsə] | 'day' | ||||
| Slovene[21] | danes | [ˈd̪àːnə́s̪] | 'today' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSlovene phonology | |||
| Spanish[22] | hundido | [ũn̪ˈd̪ið̞o̞] | 'sunken' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSpanish phonology | |||
| Telugu | దయ | [d̪aja] | 'Kindness' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. Aspirated form articulated asbreathy consonant. | |||
| Turkish | dal | [d̪äɫ] | 'twig' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeTurkish phonology | |||
| Ukrainian[23][24] | дерево/derevo | [ˈd̪ɛrɛβ̞ɔ] | 'tree' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeUkrainian phonology | |||
| Uzbek[25] | sifatida | [siɸætidæ] | 'as' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Wu | 唐/da | [d̪ɑ̃] | 'theTang dynasty' | ||||
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[26] | dan | [d̪aŋ] | 'countryside' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | дахэ/daahė | [daːxa] | 'pretty' | ||||
| Assyrian | ܘܪܕܐwerda | [wεrda] | 'flower' | Predominant in theUrmia,Jilu,Baz,Gawar andNochiya dialects. Corresponds to[ð̞] in other varieties. | |||
| Bengali | ডাব/ḍab | [dab] | 'green coconut' | True alveolar in eastern dialects. But all Bengali speakers allophone of/d/ after and before denti-alveolar, alveolo-palatal and postalveolar/t̪,t̪ʰ,d̪,d̪ʱ,tɕ,tɕʰ,dʑ,dʑʱ,ʃ/. SeeBengali phonology | |||
| Catalan[27] | susdit | [sʊzˈd̻it̪] | 'said before' | Laminal alveolar. SeeCatalan phonology | |||
| Czech | do | [do] | 'into' | SeeCzech phonology | |||
| Dutch[28] | dak | [dɑk] | 'roof' | SeeDutch phonology | |||
| English | Most speakers | dash | [ˈdæʃ] | 'dash' | SeeEnglish phonology | ||
| Finnish | sidos | [ˈsido̞s] | 'bond' | SeeFinnish phonology | |||
| Greek | ντροπή /dropí | [dro̞ˈpi] | 'shame' | SeeModern Greek phonology | |||
| Hebrew | דואר/ do'ar | [ˈdo̞.äʁ̞] | 'mail' | SeeModern Hebrew phonology | |||
| Hmong | White Hmong | 𖬈𖬲𖬞𖬰 /dej | [de˥˨] | 'water' | In Green Hmong, it'll be𖬈𖬲𖬭𖬰 /dlej[dle˥˨] | ||
| Hungarian | holdra | [ˈholdra] | 'onto the moon' | Allophone of [d̪] before [r] or [ɾ]. SeeHungarian phonology | |||
| Kabardian | дахэ/ daahė | [daːxa] | 'pretty' | ||||
| Khmer | ដប /dab | [dɑp] | 'bottle' | ||||
| Korean | 아들 /adeul | [ɐdɯl] | 'son' | SeeKorean phonology | |||
| Kurdish | Northern | diran | [dɪɾä:n] | 'tooth' | SeeKurdish phonology | ||
| Central | ددان/ dadân | [dædä:n] | |||||
| Southern | دیان/dîân | [diːä:n] | |||||
| Luxembourgish[29] | brudder | [ˈb̥ʀudɐ] | 'brother' | More often voiceless[t].[29] SeeLuxembourgish phonology | |||
| Malay | Standard (incl.Malaysian) | dahan | [dähän] | 'branch' | SeeMalay phonology | ||
| Indonesian[30] | |||||||
| Kelantan-Pattani | [dahɛː] | SeeKelantan-Pattani Malay | |||||
| Malayalam | എന്റെ/ente | [ende] | 'my' or 'mine' | SeeMalayalam phonology | |||
| Maltese | dehen | [den] | 'wit' | ||||
| Tagalog | dalaga | [dɐˈlaɰɐ] | 'maiden' | SeeTagalog phonology | |||
| Thai | ดาว/ dāw | [daːw] | 'star' | ||||
| Welsh | diafol | [djavɔl] | 'devil' | SeeWelsh phonology | |||
| West Frisian | doarp | [ˈdwɑrp] | 'village' | ||||
| Yi | ꄿ/dda | [da˧] | 'competent' | ||||
| Yonaguni | 与那国 /dunan | [dunaŋ] | 'Yonaguni' | ||||
| Voiced postalveolar plosive | |
|---|---|
| d̠ | |
| Audio sample | |
To distinguish from the voiced dental and alveolar plosives, avoiced postalveolar plosive can be transcribed as ⟨d̠⟩. A more explicit (though convoluted) transcription ⟨d͇˗⟩, using a combination ofextIPA and obsolete diacritics, can also be used.[31]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali[32] | ডাকাত | [d̠akat̪] | 'robber' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms.[32] SeeBengali phonology | |
| Hindustani[33][34] | डालना/ڈالنا | [d̠aːlnaː] | 'to put' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms.[34] SeeHindustani phonology | |
| Nepali | डर | [d̠ʌr] | 'fear' | SeeNepali phonology | |
| Odia | ଡଙ୍ଗା/ḍaṅgā | [d̠ɔŋga] | 'boat' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. | |
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | دين/dīn | [diːn] | 'religion' | Laminal denti-alveolar or alveolar, depending on the dialect. SeeArabic phonology. | |
| English | BroadSouth African[35] | dawn | [doːn] | 'dawn' | Laminal denti-alveolar for some speakers, alveolar for other speakers.[35][36][37] |
| Scottish[36] | [dɔn] | ||||
| Welsh[37] | [dɒːn] | ||||
| German | Standard[38] | oder | [ˈoːdɐ]ⓘ | 'or' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar, laminal alveolar and apical alveolar.[38] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Norwegian | Urban East[39] | dans | [d̻ɑns] | 'dance' | Partially voiced or fully voiceless[t]. Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar.[39] SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Persian[40] | اداره/edāre | [edaːre] | 'office' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and apical alveolar.[40] SeePersian phonology | |
| Slovak[41][42] | do | [d̻ɔ̝]ⓘ | 'into' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar.[41][42] SeeSlovak phonology | |
| Swedish | Central Standard[43] | dag | [dɑːɡ] | 'day' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and alveolar, with the former being predominant.[43] May be anapproximant in casual speech. SeeSwedish phonology |