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Bidental percussive

Bidental percussive

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Bidental consonant.

  • A bidental percussive, [ʭ], produced by striking the teeth against each other (gnashing or chattering the teeth).
  • A voiceless bidental fricative, [h̪͆], a fricative made through clenched teeth with no involvement of the tongue or the lips, a "bidental (consonant) produced by air passing through the closed front teeth".
  • A voiced bidental fricative, [ɦ̪͆], a fricative made through clenched teeth with no involvement of the tongue or the lips, and vibration of the vocal cords.
  • Bidental aspiration of another consonant, such as [tʰ̪͆] or [dʱ̪͆].