The voiced dental non-sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨d͡ð⟩, ⟨d͜ð⟩, ⟨d̪͡ð⟩, and ⟨d̟͡ð⟩.
Voiced dental non-sibilant affricate | |
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dð | |
d̪ð | |
d̟ð | |
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The sound is a frequent allophone of /ð/.
Features of the voiced dental non-sibilant affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Burmese[1] | အညာသား | [ʔəɲàd̪͡ðá] | 'grand' | Common realization of /ð/.[1] | |
English | Dublin[2] | they | [d̪͡ðeɪ̯] | 'they' | Corresponds to [ð] in other dialects; may be [d̪] instead.[2] |
New York[3] | Corresponds to [ð] in other dialects, may be a stop [d̪] or a fricative [ð] instead.[3] | ||||
New Zealand[4] | [d̪͡ðæe̯] | Possible realization of /ð/.[4] See New Zealand English phonology |