| Voiceless alveolar plosive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| t | |||
| IPA number | 103 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | t | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0074 | ||
| X-SAMPA | t | ||
| Braille | |||
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| Voiceless dental plosive | |
|---|---|
| t̪ | |
| IPA number | 103 408 |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity(decimal) | t̪ |
| Unicode(hex) | U+0074 U+032A |
| X-SAMPA | t_d |
| Braille | |
Voiceless alveolar anddental plosives (orstops) are a type ofconsonantal sound used in almost allspokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents voicelessdental,alveolar, andpostalveolarplosives is ⟨t⟩. The voiceless dental plosive can be distinguished with the underbridge diacritic, ⟨t̪⟩ and the postalveolar with a retraction line, ⟨t̠⟩, and theextIPA has a double underline diacritic which can be used to explicitly specify an alveolar pronunciation, ⟨t͇⟩.
The[t] sound is a very common sound cross-linguistically.[1] Most languages have at least a plain[t], and some distinguish more than one variety. Some languages without a[t] are colloquialSamoan (which also lacks an[n]),Abau, andNǁng of South Africa.[citation needed]
There are only a few languages which distinguish dental and alveolar stops,Kota,Toda,Venda and manyAustralian Aboriginal languages being a few of them; certain varieties ofHiberno-English also distinguish them (with[t̪] being the local realisation of the Standard English phoneme/θ/, represented by ⟨th⟩).
Here are the features of voiceless alveolar stops:
| IPA | Description |
|---|---|
| t | plain t |
| t̪ | dental t |
| t̠ | postalveolar t |
| tʰ | aspirated t |
| tʲ | palatalized t |
| tʷ | labialized t |
| t̚ | t withno audible release |
| t̬ | voiced t |
| t͈ | tense t |
| tʼ | ejective t |
| tˤ | pharyngealized t |
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleut[2] | tiistax̂ | [t̪iːstaχ] | 'dough' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Armenian | Eastern[3] | տուն | [t̪un]ⓘ | 'house' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | ܬܠܬ̱ܐ/ţlo | [t̪lɑ] | 'three' | ||||
| Bashkir | дүрт/dürt | [dʏʷrt]ⓘ | 'four' | Laminal denti-alveolar | |||
| Belarusian[4] | стагоддзе | [s̪t̪äˈɣod̪d̪͡z̪ʲe] | 'century' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeBelarusian phonology | |||
| Basque | toki | [t̪oki] | 'place' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeBasque phonology | |||
| Bengali | তুমি | [t̪umi] | 'you' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with aspirated form. SeeBengali phonology | |||
| Catalan[5] | terra | [ˈt̪ɛrə] | 'land' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeCatalan phonology | |||
| Chuvash | ут | [ut] | 'horse' | ||||
| Czech | toto | [ˈt̪ot̪o] | 'this' | Laminal denti-alveolar.[6] SeeCzech phonology | |||
| Dinka[7] | mɛth | [mɛ̀t̪] | 'child' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with alveolar/t/. | |||
| Dutch | Belgian | taal | [t̪aːl̪] | 'language' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| English | Dublin[8] | thin | [t̪ʰɪn] | 'thin' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | In Dublin, it may be[t͡θ] instead. | SeeEnglish phonology. |
| Indian | Corresponds to[θ].[8] | ||||||
| SouthernIrish[9] | |||||||
| Ulster[10] | train | [t̪ɹeːn] | 'train' | Allophone of/t/ before/r/, in free variation with an alveolar stop. | |||
| Finnish | tutti | [ˈt̪ut̪ːi] | 'pacifier' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeFinnish phonology | |||
| French[11] | tordu | [t̪ɔʁd̪y] | 'crooked' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeFrench phonology | |||
| Hakka[12] | 他/ta3 | [t̪ʰa˧] | 'he/she' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with an unaspirated form. | |||
| Hindustani[13] | Hindi | तीन/tīn | [t̪iːn] | 'three' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | Contrasts with aspirated form <थ>. | SeeHindustani phonology |
| Urdu | تین/tīn | Contrasts with aspirated form <تھ>. | |||||
| Hmong | White Hmong | 𖬆𖬰𖬧𖬵 /tub | [tu˦] | 'son', 'boy' or 'male name' | |||
| Indonesian[14] | tabir | [t̪abir] | 'curtain' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Italian[15] | tale | [ˈt̪ale] | 'such' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeItalian phonology | |||
| Japanese[16] | 特別/tokubetsu | [t̪o̞kɯ̟ᵝbe̞t͡sɨᵝ] | 'special' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeJapanese phonology | |||
| Kashubian[17] | ptôch | [ptɞx] | 'bird' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Kazakh | тұз | [t̪us̪] | 'salt' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Kyrgyz[18] | туз | [t̪us̪] | 'salt' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Latvian[19] | tabula | [ˈt̪äbulä] | 'table' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeLatvian phonology | |||
| Malayalam | കാത്ത് | [kaːt̪ːɨ̆] | 'waiting' | Contrasts/t̪tʈd̪ɖ/. | |||
| Mapudungun[20] | füṯa | [ˈfɘt̪ɜ] | 'husband' | Interdental.[20] | |||
| Marathi | तबला | [t̪əbˈlaː] | 'tabla' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with aspirated form. SeeMarathi phonology | |||
| Nepali | ताली | [t̪äli] | 'clapping' | Contrasts with aspirated form. SeeNepali phonology | |||
| Nunggubuyu[21] | darag | [t̪aɾaɡ] | 'whiskers' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Odia | ତାରା/tara | [t̪ärä] | 'star' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with aspirated form. | |||
| Pazeh[22] | [mut̪apɛt̪aˈpɛh] | 'keep clapping' | Dental. | ||||
| Polish[23] | tom | [t̪ɔm]ⓘ | 'volume' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeePolish phonology | |||
| Portuguese[24] | Many dialects | montanha | [mõˈt̪ɐɲɐ] | 'mountain' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Likely to have allophones among native speakers, as it mayaffricate to[tʃ],[tɕ] and/or[ts] in certain environments. SeePortuguese phonology | ||
| Punjabi | ਤੇਲ/تیل | [t̪eːl] | 'oil' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | |||
| Russian[25] | толстый | [ˈt̪ʷo̞ɫ̪s̪t̪ɨ̞j] | 'fat' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeRussian phonology | |||
| Scottish Gaelic[26] | taigh | [t̪ʰɤj] | 'house' | Apical dental. Contrasts between aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |||
| Serbo-Croatian[27] | туга/tuga | [t̪ǔːgä] | 'sorrow' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSerbo-Croatian phonology | |||
| Sinhala | අත | [at̪ə] | 'hand' | ||||
| Slovene[28] | tip | [ˈt̪îːp] | 'type' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSlovene phonology | |||
| Slovak | toto | [ˈt̪ot̪o] | 'this' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSlovak phonology | |||
| Somali | matag | [mat̪ag] | 'vomit' | Dentalization of alveolar plosive. | |||
| Spanish[29] | tango | [ˈt̪ãŋɡo̞] | 'tango' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSpanish phonology | |||
| Swedish[30] | tåg | [ˈt̪ʰoːɡ] | 'train' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeSwedish phonology | |||
| Telugu | తప్పు | [t̪apːu] | 'wrong' | Contrasts between aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |||
| Turkish | at | [ät̪] | 'horse' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeTurkish phonology | |||
| Ukrainian[31][32] | брат | [brɑt̪]ⓘ | 'brother' | Laminal denti-alveolar. SeeUkrainian phonology | |||
| Uzbek[33] | [example needed] | – | Laminal denti-alveolar. Slightly aspirated before vowels.[33] | ||||
| Vietnamese[34] | tuần | [t̪wən˨˩] | 'week' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with aspirated form. SeeVietnamese phonology | |||
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[35] | tant | [t̪ant̪] | 'so much' | Laminal denti-alveolar. | ||
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | иҭабуп | [jtʰabwpʼ]ⓘ | 'thank you' | SeeAbkhaz phonology | |
| Adyghe | тфы | [tfə]ⓘ | 'five' | ||
| Afrikaans[36] | tafelⓘ | 'pot' | |||
| Arabic | Egyptian | توكة/tōka | [ˈtoːkæ] | 'barrette' | SeeEgyptian Arabic phonology |
| Assyrian | ܒܝܬܐ/bèta | [beːta] | 'house' | Most speakers. In theTyari,Barwari andSouthern dialectsθ is used. | |
| Cantonese | 跌/dit | [ti:t̚˧] | 'fall' (v.) | SeeCantonese Phonology | |
| 鐵/鉄/tit | [tʰi:t̚˧] | 'iron' | |||
| Chechen | тарсал/tarsal | [tɑːrsəl] | 'squirrel' | ||
| Danish | Standard[37] | dåse | [ˈtɔ̽ːsə] | 'can' (n.) | Usually transcribed in IPA with ⟨d̥⟩ or ⟨d⟩. Contrasts with the affricate[t͡s] or aspirated stop[tʰ] (depending on the dialect), which are usually transcribed in IPA with ⟨tˢ⟩ or ⟨t⟩.[38] SeeDanish phonology |
| Dutch[39] | taal | [taːɫ] | 'language' | SeeDutch phonology | |
| English | Most speakers | tick | [tʰɪk]ⓘ | 'tick' | SeeEnglish phonology |
| New York[40] | Varies between apical and laminal, with the latter being predominant.[40] | ||||
| Hebrew | תמונה | [tmuˈna] | 'image' | seeModern Hebrew phonology | |
| Hungarian[41] | tutaj | [ˈtutɒj] | 'raft' | SeeHungarian phonology | |
| Kabardian | тхуы | [txʷə]ⓘ | 'five' | ||
| Khmer | តែ/tê | [tae] | 'tea' | SeeKhmer phonology | |
| Korean | 대숲/daesup | [tɛsup̚] | 'bamboo forest' | SeeKorean phonology | |
| Kurdish | Northern | tu | [tʰʊ] | 'you' | SeeKurdish phonology |
| Central | تەوێڵ | [tʰəweːɫ] | 'forehead' | ||
| Southern | تێوڵ | [tʰeːwɨɫ] | |||
| Luxembourgish[42] | dënn | [tən] | 'thin' | Less often voiced[d]. It is usually transcribed/d/, and it contrasts with voiceless aspirated form, which is usually transcribed/t/.[42] SeeLuxembourgish phonology | |
| Malayalam | കാറ്റ് | [kaːtːɨ̆] | 'wind' | Contrasts/t̪tʈd̪ɖ/. | |
| Maltese | tassew | [tasˈsew] | 'true' | ||
| Mandarin | 地/dì | [ti˥˩] | 'ground' | SeeMandarin Phonology | |
| 梯/tī | [tʰi˥˥] | 'ladder/stairs' | |||
| Mapudungun[20] | füta | [ˈfɘtɜ] | 'elderly' | ||
| Nunggubuyu[21] | darawa | [taɾawa] | 'greedy' | ||
| Nuosu[which?] | ꄉ/da | [ta˧] | 'place' | Contrasts aspirated andunaspirated forms | |
| Portuguese[43] | Some dialects | troço | [ˈtɾɔsu] | 'thing' (pejorative) | Allophone before alveolar/ɾ/. In other dialects/ɾ/ takes a denti-alveolar allophone instead. SeePortuguese phonology |
| Tagalog | matamis | [mɐtɐˈmis] | 'sweet' | SeeTagalog phonology | |
| Thai | ตา/ta | [taː˧] | 'eye' | Contrasts with an aspirated form. | |
| West Frisian | tosk | [ˈtosk] | 'tooth' | SeeWest Frisian phonology | |
| Voiceless postalveolar plosive | |
|---|---|
| t̠ | |
| Audio sample | |
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali[44] | টাকা | [t̠aka] | 'taka' | Apical postalveolar;[44] contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. SeeBengali phonology |
| Hindustani[45][46] | टोपी/ٹوپی | [t̠oːpiː] | 'hat' | Apical postalveolar |
| Nepali | टोली | [t̠oli] | 'team' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. SeeNepali phonology |
| Odia | ଟଗର /ṭagara | [t̠ɔgɔrɔ] | 'crepe jasmine' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. |
| Yele | dêê | [t̠əː] | 'tongue' | Contrasts/t̪t̪͡pt̪ʲt̠t̠͡pt̠ʲ/. |
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Modern Standard | تين/tīn | [tiːn] | 'fig' | Laminal denti-alveolar or alveolar, depending on the speaker'snative dialect. SeeArabic phonology |
| English | BroadSouth African[47] | talk | [toːk] | 'talk' | Laminal denti-alveolar for some speakers, alveolar for other speakers.[47][48][49] |
| Scottish[48] | [tʰɔk] | ||||
| Welsh[49] | [tʰɒːk] | ||||
| German | Standard[50] | Tochter | [ˈtɔxtɐ] | 'daughter' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar, laminal alveolar and apical alveolar.[50] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Greek[51] | τρίαtria | [ˈtɾiä] | 'three' | Varies between dental, laminal denti-alveolar and alveolar, depending on the environment.[51] SeeModern Greek phonology | |
| Malay | تڠکڤ/tangkap | [t̪äŋ.käp̚] | 'catch' | More commonly dental. Oftenunreleased in syllable codas. SeeMalay phonology | |
| Norwegian | Urban East[52] | dans | [t̻ɑns] | 'dance' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar. It is usually transcribed/d/. It may be partially voiced[d̥], and it contrasts with voiceless aspirated form, which is usually transcribed/t/.[52] SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Persian[53] | توت | [t̪ʰuːt̪ʰ] | 'berry' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and apical alveolar.[53] SeePersian phonology | |
| Slovak[54][55] | to | [t̻ɔ̝] | 'that' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar.[54][55] SeeSlovak phonology | |