Dental consonant

  • Labial
  • Bilabial
  • Labiodental
  • Dental
  • Alveolar
  • Alveolopalatal
  • Postalveolar
  • Retroflex
  • Palatal
  • Labiovelar
  • Velar
  • Uvular
  • Pharyngeal
  • Glottal

In phonetics, dental describes the articulation of a sound. A dental is formed with the teeth, the Dentes and is also called apico -dental ( from the Latin apex " the ( tongue ) peak ").

If, in addition to the teeth even the lip for the articulation of a sound is used, then one speaks of a Labiodental.

Apiko -dental ( tongue tip to tooth) are the voiced and the unvoiced variant of the English th - sound, labiodental (tooth to lip ) the sounds of German letters f and w ( v).

In addition, there lamino - dental sounds in which the tongue of the palatal side of the upper teeth come into contact. These are variants of the sounds [t ], [ d ], [ s] and [ z].

Place of articulation Labial consonant Bilabial consonant Labiodental consonant Alveolar consonant Alveolo-palatal consonant Retroflex consonant Palatal consonant Labiovelar consonant Velar consonant Uvular consonant Pharyngeal consonant Glottal consonant Phonation Laminal consonant
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