Voiced alveolar implosive
ɗ
IPA Number162
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɗ
Unicode (hex)U+0257
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Braille⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠙ (braille pattern dots-145)

The voiced alveolar implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɗ. The IPA symbol is lowercase letter d with a rightward hook protruding from the upper right of the letter.

Features

Features of the voiced alveolar implosive:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Arabic Bahrani Arabic دار [ɗaːr] 'house' Corresponds to [d] in Standard Arabic and other varieties. See Arabic phonology
Ega[1] [ɗá] 'hide'
Fula ɗiɗi
𞤯𞤭𞤯𞤭
[ɗiɗi] 'two'
Goemai al [ɗal] 'to swallow'
Hausa ɗaiɗai [ɗei̯ɗei̯] 'one at a time'
Jamaican Patois[2] dem [ɗem] 'them' Allophone of /d/ in the onset of prominent syllables
Kalabari[3] a [ɗà] 'father'
Karajá ti [ɗi] 'bone'
Khmer ដប់ / dáb [ɗɑp] 'ten'
Konso[4] bad [ɓaɗ] 'to hide'
Mono[5] ku‘da [kūɗā] 'debt'
Ongota [ɡaːɗa] 'dull'
Paumarí[6] 'bo'da [ɓoɗa] 'old'
Serer[7] biɗ [biɗ] 'flower' Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/.
Sindhi ڏر [ɗarʊ] 'crevice'
Shona kudada [kuɗaɗa] 'prideful and pompous'
Tera[8] ɗana [ɗàna] 'to talk'
Tukang Besi [piɗi] 'rubbish'
Vietnamese[9] đuôi [ɗuəj] 'tail' See Vietnamese phonology
Wambule डि॒ [ɗi] 'name'

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Connell, Ahoua & Gibbon (2002:100)
  2. ^ Devonish & Harry (2004:456)
  3. ^ Harry (2003:113)
  4. ^ Orkaydo, Ongaye Oda (2013). A Grammar of Konso. p. 11.
  5. ^ Olson (2004:233)
  6. ^ Everett (2003:23)
  7. ^ Mc Laughlin (2005:100)
  8. ^ Tench (2007:228)
  9. ^ Thompson (1959:458–461)

References