Editing D (section)

==Use in writing systems==
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"
|+ Pronunciation of {{angbr|d}} by language
! Orthography
! Phonemes
|-
! {{nwr|[[Standard Chinese]]}} ([[Pinyin]])
| {{IPAslink|t}}
|-
! [[Dungan alphabets#Latin|Dungan]]
| {{IPAslink|d̥}}
|-
! [[English orthography|English]]
| {{IPAslink|d}}
|-
! [[French orthography|French]]
| {{IPAslink|d}}, silent
|-
! [[German orthography|German]]
| {{IPAslink|d}}, {{IPAslink|t}}
|-
! [[Portuguese orthography|Portuguese]] 
| {{IPAslink|d}}
|-
! [[Spanish orthography|Spanish]]
| {{IPAslink|d}}
|-
! [[Turkish orthography|Turkish]]
| {{IPAslink|d}}
|-
! [[Vietnamese alphabet|Vietnamese]]
| {{IPAslink|z}}, {{IPAslink|j}}
|}

===English===
In [[English orthography|English]], {{angbr|d}} generally represents the [[voiced alveolar plosive]] {{IPA|/d/}}.

The letter {{angbr|d}} is the [[letter frequency|tenth most frequently used]] in the English language.

===Other languages===
[[File:Boundary stone on the Demeljoch - 2.jpg|thumb|The letter D, standing for "Deutschland" ([[German language|German]] for "[[Germany]]"), on a [[boundary stone]] at the border between Austria and Germany.]] 
In most languages that use the Latin alphabet, {{angbr|d}} generally represents the [[voiced alveolar plosive|voiced alveolar]] or [[voiced dental plosive]] {{IPA|/d/}}.

In the [[Vietnamese alphabet]], it represents the sound {{IPA|/z/}} in northern dialects or {{IPA|/j/}} in southern dialects. In [[Fijian language|Fijian]], it represents a [[prenasalized consonant|prenasalized]] stop {{IPA|/ⁿd/}}.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Pacific languages: an introduction |first=John |last=Lynch |page=97 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zYfV1jN3whUC&q=d+fijian+prenasalized&pg=PA97 |year=1998 |publisher=[[University of Hawaii Press]] |isbn=0-8248-1898-9 }}</ref>

In some languages where [[voice (phonetics)|voice]]less [[aspiration (phonetics)|unaspirated]] stops contrast with voiceless aspirated stops, {{angbr|d}} represents an unaspirated {{IPA|/t/}}, while {{angbr|t}} represents an aspirated {{IPA|/tʰ/}}. Examples of such languages include [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]], [[Scottish Gaelic]], [[Navajo language|Navajo]] and the [[pinyin]] transliteration of [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]].

===Other systems===
In the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]], {{angbr|d}} represents the [[voiced alveolar plosive]] {{IPA|/d/}}.