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Encyclopedia > Voiceless alveolar plosive
IPA – number 103
IPA – text t
IPA – image Image:Xsampa-t.png
Entity t
X-SAMPA t
Kirshenbaum t
Sound sample 

The voiceless alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar plosives is t, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... IPA symbols, detail from Image:Ipa-chart-consonants-pulmonic. ... HTML has been in use since 1991 (note that the W3C international standard is now XHTML), but the first standardized version with a reasonably complete treatment of international characters was version 4. ... The Extended SAM Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) is a variant of SAMPA developed in 1995 by John C. Wells, professor of phonetics at the University of London. ... Kirshenbaum, sometimes called ASCII-IPA, is a system used to represent the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) in ASCII. It was developed for Usenet, notably the newsgroups sci. ... Image File history File links Voiceless_alveolar_plosive. ... In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a sound in spoken language that is characterized by a closure or stricture of the vocal tract sufficient to cause audible turbulence. ... Look up Speech in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Dentals are consonants such as t, d, n, and l articulated with either the lower or the upper teeth, or both, rather than with the gum ridge as in English. ... Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the superior teeth. ... Postalveolar (or palato-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue between the alveolar ridge (the place of articulation for alveolar consonants) and the palate (the place of articulation for palatal consonants). ... A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract. ... The Extended SAM Phonetic Alphabet (X-SAMPA) is a variant of SAMPA developed in 1995 by John C. Wells, professor of phonetics at the University of London. ...


The [t] sound is a very common sound cross-linguistically. Most languages have at least a plain [t], and some distinguish more than variety. Many Indian languages, such as Hindi, have a two-way contrast between aspirated and plain [t]. The only languages known without a [t] are Hawaiian (outside of Ni‘ihau), and colloquial Samoan, which also lacks an [n]. Hindi (हिन्दी) is a language spoken mainly in North and Central India. ... In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of air that accompanies the release of some obstruents. ... The Hawaiian language is an Austronesian language that takes its name from that of the largest island in the tropical North Pacific archipelago where it developed. ... Niihau, at 70 sq. ...

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Features

Features of the voiceless alveolar plosive:

In linguistics, manner of articulation describes how the tongue, lips, and other speech organs involved in making a sound make contact. ... A stop, plosive, or occlusive is a consonant sound produced by stopping the airflow in the vocal tract. ... Places of articulation (passive & active): 1. ... Alveolar consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the superior teeth. ... An alveolar ridge is one of the two jaw ridges either on the roof of the mouth between the upper teeth and the hard palate or on the bottom of the mouth behind the lower teeth. ... An apical consonant is a phone produced by obstructing the air passage with the apex of the tongue (i. ... A laminal consonant is a phone produced by obstructing the air passage with the blade of the tongue, which is the flat top front surface just behind the tip of the tongue. ... In phonetics, phonation is the use of the laryngeal system to generate an audible source of acoustic energy, i. ... An oral consonant is a consonant sound in speech that is made by allowing air to escape from the mouth. ... A central or medial consonant is a consonant sound that is produced when air flows across the center of the mouth over the tongue. ... In phonetics, initiation is the action by which an air-flow is created through the vocal tract. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... The lungs flank the heart and great vessels in the chest cavity. ... The space between the vocal cords is called the glottis. ...

Varieties of [t]

IPA Description
t tenuis t
aspirated t
palatalized t
labialized t
pharyngealized t
unreleased t
ejective t

A tenuis consonant is one which is unvoiced and unaspirated. ... In phonetics, aspiration is the strong burst of air that accompanies the release of some obstruents. ... Palatalization means pronouncing a sound nearer to the hard palate, making it more like a palatal consonant; this is towards the front of the mouth for a velar or uvular consonant, but towards the back of the mouth for a front (e. ... Labialisation is a secondary articulatory feature of phonemes in a language, most usually used to refer to consonants. ... Pharyngealisation is a secondary feature of phonemes in a language. ... An unreleased stop or plosive is a plosive consonant without an audible release burst. ... Ejective consonants are a class of consonants which may contrast with aspirated or tenuis consonants in a language. ...

Occurrence

In English

English has both aspirated [tʰ] and plain [t], but they are allophones of a single phoneme /t/. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... In phonetics, an allophone is one of several similar phones that belong to the same phoneme. ...


When /t/ occurs at the beginning of a word or a stressed syllable, like in try, senatorial, or today, then it is always aspirated. When it occurs at the beginning of an unstressed syllable that isn't at the beginning of a word, like in palatable, or theater, then it becomes an alveolar tap in most North American dialects, becomes glottalised in some southern British dialects, and it is unaspirated or slightly aspirated in other dialects. When /t/ occurs in a consonant cluster following /s/, like in stop, strain, or register, then it is always unaspirated. When it occurs at the end of a word, like in pit, waist, or apt, then it is usually unaspirated, and if the word is at the end of an utterance, then it is often unreleased. In the sequence /tɹ/ at the start of a syllable, such as in the word entrance, the aspiration of /t/ is manifestated by the devoicing of /ɹ/; there may also be affrication, making a sound something like [tʃ]. In linguistics, stress is the emphasis given to some syllables (often no more than one in each word, but in many languages, long words have a secondary stress a few syllables away from the primary stress, as in the words cóunterfòil or còunterintélligence. ... A syllable (Ancient Greek: ) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. ... The alveolar tap or flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. ... The glottal stop or voiceless glottal plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in many spoken languages. ... In linguistics, a consonant cluster is a group of consonants which have no intervening vowel. ... An utterance is a complete unit of talk, bounded by silence. ...


In other languages

  • Czech: toto [toto], "this"
  • French: tordu [tɔʀdy], "crooked"
  • Georgian: პაარა [ˈpatara], "small"
  • German: Töchterchen [ˈtʰœçtɐçən], "youngest daughter"
  • Greek: τάμα [ˈta.ma], "oblation, vow"
  • Polish: gęsty [ˈɡɛ̃stɨ], "thick"
  • Serbian: дете (ekavic) or дијете (iyekavic) [d(ij)ete], "child"

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See also

  Consonants (List, table) See also: IPA, Vowels  
Pulmonics Bilabial Lab'den. Dental Alveolar Postalv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn. Epiglottal Glottal Non-pulmonics and other symbols
Nasals m ɱ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ
Plosives p b t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ Implo­­sives  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Fricatives  ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ Ejec­­tives 
Approximants  β̞ ʋ ð̞ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Other laterals  ɺ ɫ
Trills ʙ r ʀ Co-articulated approximants ʍ w ɥ
Flaps & Taps ѵ̟ ѵ ɾ ɽ Co-articulated fricatives ɕ ʑ ɧ
Lat. Fricatives ɬ ɮ Affricates  ʦ ʣ ʧ ʤ
Lat. Appr'mants l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged impossible.

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Voiceless dental plosive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (401 words)
Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
The voiceless dental plosive does not occur in English, at least as spoken by native speakers, but is similar to the sound of the letter 't', except the tongue is touching the back of the teeth and not the alveolar ridge.
In Finnish, the dental plosive contrasts with the alveolar plosive, although the latter is typically voiced or tapped as a secondary cue; moreover, in native words, the alveolar plosive appears only as a lenition of the dental plosive.
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