t̪ʰ|tʰ vs d

Voiceless Alveolar Stop vs Voiced Alveolar Stop

How these sounds differ

t̪ʰ|tʰ

Voiceless Alveolar Stop

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

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Voiced Alveolar Stop

Voicing: voiced
Place: alveolar
Manner: stop
Class: consonant
In languages: 217 / 500

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Cross-linguistic distribution

Languages with t̪ʰ|tʰ

Languages with both

217

Languages with d

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 t̪ʰ|tʰ, not d (18)

SEDANG Austroasiatic ARCHI Nakh-Daghestanian BRUU Austroasiatic NYAH KUR Austroasiatic LAI Sino-Tibetan EYAK Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit PO-AI Tai-Kadai GELAO Tai-Kadai TOL Jicaquean JINGPHO Sino-Tibetan KHMU? Austroasiatic SOUTHERN NAMBIQUARA Nambiquaran XIAMEN Sino-Tibetan NEWARI Sino-Tibetan LUNGCHOW Tai-Kadai PARAUK Austroasiatic RUTUL Nakh-Daghestanian SHIRIANA Arawakan

Has d, not t̪ʰ|tʰ (20)

Gadsup Nuclear Trans New Guinea Telefol Nuclear Trans New Guinea Adzera Austronesian Iai Austronesian Chamorro Austronesian Sa'ban Austronesian Toba-Batak Austronesian Cham Austronesian Malagasy Austronesian Yay Tai-Kadai Garo Sino-Tibetan Lahu Sino-Tibetan Dafla Sino-Tibetan Yao Hmong-Mien Kota Dravidian Burushaski Language isolate Kabardian Abkhaz-Adyge Lak Nakh-Daghestanian Ket Yeniseian Salish Salishan