Dental ejective - Definition and Overview

The dental ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɗ̪, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d_n_<.

IPA - Unicode	ɗ̪
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X-SAMPA	d_n_<
Kirshenbaum	t[`
Sound sample

Features of this consonant:

• Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
• Its place of articulation is dental which means it is articulated with the tongue on either the lower or the upper teeth, or both.
• Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
• It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the center of the tongue, rather than the sides.
• The airstream mechanism is glottalic ingressive, which means it is produced by sucking air into the glottis, rather than pushing it out.