Interdental Plosive

tongue between teeth

Interdental Plosive

Description

Upper Front Teeth
Plus
Lower Front Teeth
Plus
Tongue

Inter means ‘to put between’ and dental means teeth. The sound is made by putting the tongue between the teeth, stopping the air, then suddenly releasing it.

Place of Articulation

The following diagram shows where the Interdental Plosive is made in the mouth.

Watch the video…

Sounds

The Interdental Plosive is used in the following sounds:

BZZKTT Version 8.2 • © 2015-2020 Gavin 'Beatbox' Tyte (aka TyTe) • All Rights Reserved

BZZKTT is kindly hosted by Alex Tearse from Reefnet.

Special thanks to Alex Tearse, Paul Arnett, Michael Wyatt, Tyler Thompson, Helen Tyte, David 'Goznet' Gosnell, and Jerusalem Productions.