Dental fricative explained

The dental fricative or interdental fricative is a fricative consonant pronounced with the tip of the tongue against the teeth.^[1] There are several types (those used in English being written as th):

• Voiced dental fricative pronounced as /[ð]/ - as in the English this, pronounced as /[ðɪs]/.^[2]
• Voiceless dental fricative pronounced as /[θ]/ - as in the English thin, pronounced as /[θɪn]/.^[2]
• Dental ejective fricative pronounced as /[θʼ]/

See also

• Pronunciation of English ⟨th⟩

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

1. Zhao. Sherry Y.. 18 October 2010. Stop-like modification of the dental fricative /ð/: An acoustic analysis. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 128. 4. 2009–2020. 2981115. 20968372. 10.1121/1.3478856.
2. Web site: The English "th". Learn EN - Archive. en. 2019-04-10.