plosive - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • voice: Similarly ' t ' is an unvoiced dental plosive; ' d ' is a voiced dental plosive.

Adjective modifier

  • voiceless: After the voiceless alveolar plosive comes a mid back rounded vowel, and after that a rather long uvular nasal.
  • alveolar: Although a few languages distinguish between dental and alveolar plosives, most do not.
  • unvoiced: Similarly ' t ' is an unvoiced dental plosive; ' d ' is a voiced dental plosive.
  • dental: Similarly ' t ' is an unvoiced dental plosive; ' d ' is a voiced dental plosive.

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