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Denti-alveolar
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Denti-alveolar consonant.
In linguistics, a denti-alveolar consonant, dento-alveolar consonant, or dentoalveolar consonant is a consonant that is articulated with a flat tongue against the alveolar ridge and the upper teeth, such as /t/ and /d/ in languages like French, Italian and Spanish. That is, a denti-alveolar consonant is (pre)alveolar and laminal rather than purely dental.