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{{Short description|Consonant articulated with a flat tongue against the alveolar ridge and upper teeth}}

In [[linguistics]], a '''denti-alveolar consonant''' or '''dento-alveolar consonant''' is a [[consonant]] that is [[place of articulation|articulated]] with a flat tongue against the [[alveolar ridge]] and the upper teeth, such as {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}} in languages like [[French language|French]], [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]. That is, a denti-alveolar consonant is [[alveolar consonant|(pre)alveolar]] and [[laminal consonant|laminal]] rather than purely dental. 

Although denti-alveolar consonants are often labeled as "[[dental consonant|dental]]" because only the forward contact with the teeth is visible, the point of contact of the tongue that is furthest back is most relevant, as it defines the maximum acoustic space of resonance and gives a characteristic sound to a consonant.<ref>{{SOWL}}</ref>{{page missing|date=August 2018}}

In French, the contact that is the furthest back is alveolar or sometimes slightly pre-alveolar. In Spanish, {{IPA|/t/}} and {{IPA|/d/}} are laminal denti-alveolar,<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Martínez-Celdrán|Fernández-Planas|Carrera-Sabaté|2003|p=257}}</ref> and {{IPA|/l/}} and {{IPA|/n/}} are alveolar, but assimilate to a following {{IPA|/t/}} or {{IPA|/d/}}. Similarly, in Italian, {{IPA|/t/}}, {{IPA|/d/}}, {{IPA|/t͡s/}}, {{IPA|/d͡z/}} are denti-alveolar, and {{IPA|/l/}} and {{IPA|/n/}} are alveolar.<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Rogers|d'Arcangeli|2004|p=117}}</ref>

The [[dental click]]s are also laminal denti-alveolar.

==References==
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==Sources==
*{{citation
|last1=Martínez-Celdrán
|first1=Eugenio 
|last2=Fernández-Planas
|first2=Ana Ma.
|last3=Carrera-Sabaté
|first3=Josefina 
|year=2003
|title=Castilian Spanish
|journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association
|volume=33
|issue=2
|pages=255–259
|doi = 10.1017/S0025100303001373
|url=https://www.academia.edu/11365507
|doi-access=free
}}
*{{citation
|last1=Rogers
|first1=Derek
|last2=d'Arcangeli
|first2=Luciana
|year=2004
|title=Italian
|journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association
|volume=34
|issue=1
|pages=117–121
|doi = 10.1017/S0025100304001628
|doi-access=free
}}

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