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Voiced dental fricative. Tongue tip against upper teeth, push air with voicing.

Example words

this 
other 
bathe 
mother 

How to make the sound

Place the tongue tip lightly at the teeth and let air pass while the vocal folds vibrate.

What to feel and listen for

It has the same tongue-and-air position as /θ/, but your throat vibrates.

Common mistake: Check the vibration: without it, the sound becomes /θ/.

See how it differs

Articulation profile

PlosiveFricativeAffricateNasalApproximantLateralBilabialpb··m··Labiodental·fv····Dental·θð····Alveolartdsz·n·lPost-alveolar·ʃʒtʃdʒ·r·Palatal····j·Velarkɡ··ŋw·Glottal·h····