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The voiced alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is d, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d. The voiced alveolar plosive occurs in English, and it is the sound represented by "d" in dog and bombed.

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 alveolar which means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue against the alveolar ridge.
• 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 middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.

Varieties of [d]

IPA	Description
d	plain d
dʰ or d̤	aspirated or breathy voice d
dʲ	palatalized d
dʷ	labialized d
d˺	unreleased d
d̥	voiceless d

In English

In English, /d/ is denoted by the letter "d". However, in modern English, the letter "d" does not always denote /d/. In the past participle of verbs ending in a voiceless consonant (e.g. washed), "d" is pronounced /t/.

In other languages

The [d] sound is a common sound cross-linguistically. Many languages have at least a plain [d], and some distinguish more than one variety. In many languages, like English, the letter d is used to represent the [d] sound in spellings of words.

Sounds of the World's Languages
International Phonetic Alphabet
Consonants - Vowels
Places of articulation	Manners of articulation
Bilabial Labiodental Dental Retroflex Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Glottal	Plosives (Stops) Nasals Fricatives Approximants Laterals Taps Trills Ejectives Implosives Clicks

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