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Dental Consonant

Definition:

A dental consonant is a speech sound produced with the tongue against or near the upper front teeth.

Meaning:

In phonetics, a dental consonant refers to sounds that are articulated using the teeth and tongue positioned near the upper front teeth.

Examples:

Example 1:

One common example of a dental consonant is the English sound represented by the letter "T".

Example 2:

The Spanish language has several dental consonants, such as the "D" sound in the word "diente" (tooth).

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