d̪̤ vs t

Voiced Alveolar Stop vs Voiceless Alveolar Stop

How these sounds differ

d̪̤

Voiced Alveolar Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: alveolar
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 18 / 500

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Voiceless Alveolar Stop

Voicing: voiceless
Place: alveolar
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 308 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with d̪̤

Languages with both

308

Languages with t

0 languages in our database contrast both sounds as distinct phonemes. Languages that have one but not the other tend to merge them into a single phoneme — meaning speakers of those languages often struggle to hear the distinction when learning a language that contrasts them.

Has d̪̤, not t (18)

Bhumij Austroasiatic Konkani Indo-European Hindi-Urdu Indo-European Marathi Indo-European Bhojpuri Indo-European Gujarati Indo-European Kannada Dravidian Awadhi Indo-European Oriya Indo-European Sindhi Indo-European Nepali Indo-European Assamese Indo-European Magahi Indo-European Maithili Indo-European Kumauni Indo-European Manipuri Sino-Tibetan Kurukh Dravidian Sanskrit Indo-European

Has t, not d̪̤ (20)

Kaliai Austronesian Iai Austronesian Chamorro Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Malagasy Austronesian Atayal Austronesian Lakkia Tai-Kadai Cham Austronesian Yay Tai-Kadai Karen Sino-Tibetan Lahu Sino-Tibetan Dafla Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Hakka Chinese Sino-Tibetan Kota Dravidian Burushaski Language isolate Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Ket Yeniseian Western Desert Pama-Nyungan