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Voiceless Dental Fricative (Theta)

Instructions:

Point of articulation: upper teeth

Articulator: tip of the tongue

Manner of Articulation: Fricative: The articulator makes a narrow constriction against the point of articulation, so when the air flow goes through the oral passage, frication noise is heard.

Voice: voiceless – Vocal folds are apart and are not vibrating.