Voiceless alveolar plosive | |
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t | |
IPA number | 103 |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
Entity(decimal) | t |
Unicode(hex) | U+0074 |
X-SAMPA | t |
Braille | ![]() |
Voiceless dental plosive | |
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t̪ | |
IPA number | 103 408 |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
Entity(decimal) | t̪ |
Unicode(hex) | U+0074 U+032A |
X-SAMPA | t_d |
Braille | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Thevoiceless alveolar,dental andpostalveolarplosives (orstops) are types ofconsonantal sounds used in almost allspokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents voicelessdental,alveolar, andpostalveolarplosives is ⟨t⟩, and the equivalentX-SAMPA symbol ist
. 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 features of the voiceless alveolar stop:
IPA | Description |
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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 |
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Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |||
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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>. | |||||
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 /t̪ t ʈ d̪ ɖ/. | |||
Mapudungun[20] | füṯa | [ˈfɘt̪ɜ] | 'husband' | Interdental.[20] | |||
Marathi | तबला | [t̪əbˈlaː] | 'tabla' | Laminal denti-alveolar, contrasts with aspirated form. SeeMarathi phonology | |||
Nepali | ताली | [t̪äli] | 'clappinɡ' | 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 | |||
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Adyghe | тфы | [tfə]ⓘ | 'five' | ||||
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[36] | 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⟩.[37] SeeDanish phonology | ||
Dutch[38] | taal | [taːɫ] | 'language' | SeeDutch phonology | |||
English | Most speakers | tick | [tʰɪk]ⓘ | 'tick' | SeeEnglish phonology | ||
New York[39] | Varies between apical and laminal, with the latter being predominant.[39] | ||||||
Hebrew | תמונה | [tmuˈna] | 'image' | seeModern Hebrew phonology | |||
Hungarian[40] | 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[41] | dënn | [tən] | 'thin' | Less often voiced[d]. It is usually transcribed/d/, and it contrasts with voiceless aspirated form, which is usually transcribed/t/.[41] SeeLuxembourgish phonology | |||
Malayalam | കാറ്റ് | [kaːtːɨ̆] | 'wind' | Contrasts /t̪ t ʈ d̪ ɖ/. | |||
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[42] | 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 |
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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Yele | dêê | [t̠əː] | 'tongue' | Contrasts /t̪ t̪͡p t̪ʲ t̠ t̠͡p t̠ʲ/. |
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Arabic | Modern Standard | تين/tīn | [tiːn] | 'fig' | Laminal denti-alveolar or alveolar, depending on the speaker'snative dialect. SeeArabic phonology |
English | BroadSouth African[43] | talk | [toːk] | 'talk' | Laminal denti-alveolar for some speakers, alveolar for other speakers.[43][44][45] |
Scottish[44] | [tʰɔk] | ||||
Welsh[45] | [tʰɒːk] | ||||
German | Standard[46] | Tochter | [ˈtɔxtɐ] | 'daughter' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar, laminal alveolar and apical alveolar.[46] SeeStandard German phonology |
Greek[47] | τρίαtria | [ˈtɾiä] | 'three' | Varies between dental, laminal denti-alveolar and alveolar, depending on the environment.[47] SeeModern Greek phonology | |
Malay | تڠکڤ/tangkap | [t̪äŋ.käp̚] | 'catch' | More commonly dental. Oftenunreleased in syllable codas. SeeMalay phonology | |
Norwegian | Urban East[48] | 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/.[48] SeeNorwegian phonology |
Persian[49] | توت | [t̪ʰuːt̪ʰ] | 'berry' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and apical alveolar.[49] SeePersian phonology | |
Slovak[50][51] | to | [t̻ɔ̝] | 'that' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and laminal alveolar.[50][51] SeeSlovak phonology |