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Retroflex consonant
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 20:58:57

A retroflex (/ˈrɛtrəflɛks, -roʊ-/ ) consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between...

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Voiceless retroflex fricative
Selasa, 2026-04-28 00:20:42

A voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

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Voiced retroflex fricative
Senin, 2026-04-20 03:55:10

A voiced retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

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Voiced retroflex trill
Kamis, 2026-05-28 06:09:58

voiced retroflex trill is a contour consonant with the duration of a single segment. Although the tongue starts out in a subapical retroflex position...

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Retroflex affricate
Senin, 2025-11-24 01:32:53

Retroflex affricate can refer to: Voiced retroflex affricate Voiceless retroflex affricate Retroflex ejective affricate This disambiguation page lists...

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Voiced retroflex approximant
Rabu, 2026-04-29 04:53:43

A voiced retroflex approximant is a type of consonant used in some languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound...

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List of consonants
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 09:20:10

[t͡ɕ] retroflex clicks e.g. [k𝼊 ] (commonly written ⟨[k‼]⟩) retroflex approximant [ɻ ] retroflex flap [ɽ] retroflex lateral flap [𝼈 ] retroflex lateral...

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Postalveolar consonant
Minggu, 2026-05-31 20:10:01

alveopalatal), alveolo-palatal (such as [ɕ ʑ], strongly palatalized), and retroflex (such as [ʂ ʐ], unpalatalized). The palato-alveolar and alveolo-palatal...

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International Phonetic Alphabet
Jumat, 2026-06-05 00:10:00

literature are the retroflex implosive ⟨ᶑ ⟩, the voiceless retroflex lateral fricative ⟨ꞎ ⟩, the retroflex lateral flap ⟨𝼈 ⟩ and the retroflex click ⟨𝼊 ⟩;...

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Labial–retroflex consonant
Senin, 2026-06-01 08:49:24

Labial–retroflex consonants are doubly articulated consonants that are co-articulated at the lips and with the front part or underside of the tongue against...

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Voiceless retroflex affricate
Jumat, 2026-03-20 12:49:01

A voiceless retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

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Retroflex click
Selasa, 2026-05-26 00:03:11

The retroflex clicks are a family of click consonants known only from the Central ǃKung language or dialect of Namibia. They are sub-apical retroflex and...

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Alveolar click
Minggu, 2026-03-01 09:09:47

old diacritic for retroflex consonants, as the articulation corresponds to some conceptions of a retroflex consonant (but see retroflex clicks). Prior to...

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Voiced retroflex plosive
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:16:23

A voiced retroflex plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that...

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Voiced retroflex lateral approximant
Senin, 2026-05-04 17:54:27

Subapical voiced retroflex lateral approximant (/ɭ/) This recording illustrates a subapical retroflex articulation, where the tongue tip curls back and...

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R-colored vowel
Rabu, 2026-06-03 03:35:57

this file? See media help. An r-colored or rhotic vowel (also called a retroflex vowel, vocalic r, or a rhotacized vowel) is a vowel that is modified in...

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Voiced retroflex affricate
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 15:14:00

A voiced retroflex sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

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International Phonetic Alphabet chart
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 02:41:36

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Retroflex lateral fricative
Senin, 2025-11-24 02:02:53

Retroflex lateral fricative may refer to: Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative Voiced retroflex lateral fricative This disambiguation page lists articles...

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Voiceless retroflex trill
Senin, 2026-04-27 23:44:30

A voiceless retroflex trill is a sound that has been reported to occur as a diaphoneme of /ʂ/ in the Maldivian language. Although the tongue starts out...

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Sibilant
Jumat, 2026-05-29 12:22:51

(lowest-pitched): Tongue shape: grooved, alveolo-palatal, palato-alveolar, retroflex Place of articulation (point of contact on the upper side of the mouth):...

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Index of phonetics articles
Rabu, 2026-04-29 04:01:58

R-colored vowel Retroflex approximant (ɻ) Retroflex click (‼) Retroflex consonant Retroflex ejective (ʈʼ) Retroflex ejective affricate (ʈʂʼ) Retroflex ejective...

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Voiceless alveolar fricative
Kamis, 2026-06-04 02:39:02

has a weak hushing sound (also called "grave" frication) reminiscent of retroflex fricatives. It is used in the languages of northern Iberia, like Asturleonese...

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Indian English
Jumat, 2026-06-05 07:37:36

allophonically further change the voiced retroflex plosives to voiced retroflex flap [ɽ], and the nasal /n/ to a nasalised retroflex flap. Among Malayalam speakers...

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Hook (diacritic)
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 00:53:38

to the right is called hook tail or tail and can be interpreted as a retroflex hook. It should not be mistaken with the hook above, a diacritical mark...

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Retroflex stop
Selasa, 2025-05-06 21:44:04

In phonetics and phonology, a retroflex stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with the tongue curled back and in contact with area behind the alveolar...

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Kurukh phonology
Senin, 2026-06-01 01:02:58

long pairs, along with a consonant inventory that separates dental and retroflex sounds. A clear identifying feature of the language within the North Dravidian...

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Voiced retroflex nasal
Rabu, 2026-05-13 13:40:05

A voiced retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

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Voiceless retroflex nasal
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:17:01

A voiceless retroflex nasal is an extremely rare type of consonantal sound, used in very few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic...

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Lateral consonant
Selasa, 2026-05-19 21:01:37

some speakers of American English. Pashto has a retroflex lateral flap that becomes voiced retroflex approximant when it is at the end of a syllable and...

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African D
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:41:05

African D (Ɖ, ɖ) is a Latin letter representing the voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ]. It is a part of the African reference alphabet. It is mainly used by...

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T
Kamis, 2026-05-21 19:57:31

t with retroflex hook is a superscript IPA letter 𝼉 : Latin small letter t with hook and retroflex hook is a symbol for a voiceless retroflex implosive...

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Retroflex fricative
Kamis, 2025-12-11 19:27:17

the following retroflex fricatives: Median voiceless retroflex fricative, [ʂ] Median voiced retroflex fricative, [ʐ] Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative...

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Tap and flap consonants
Kamis, 2026-06-04 02:04:03

retroflex flaps. In Hindi there are three, a simple retroflex flap as in [bəɽaː] big, a murmured retroflex flap as in [koɽʱiː] leper, and a retroflex...

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Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:14:17

A voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, ⟨ꞎ ⟩...

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N
Jumat, 2026-05-22 00:46:38

letter n with a hook, which represents a retroflex nasal in the IPA ᶯ : Modifier letter small n with retroflex hook ᶮ : Modifier letter small n with left...

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Retroflex ejective fricative
Jumat, 2026-03-13 08:51:15

A retroflex ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʂʼ⟩. Features...

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Voiced retroflex lateral affricate
Senin, 2026-01-26 18:54:09

A voiced retroflex lateral affricate is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is...

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Nasal retroflex click
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 05:03:41

A retroflex nasal click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol ⟨‼⟩ is used for the retroflex clicks; a nasal click with...

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Voiceless retroflex plosive
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:16:25

A voiceless retroflex plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. This consonant is found as a phoneme mostly (though...

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Voiced retroflex flap
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 01:16:16

A voiced retroflex flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

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English language
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 00:03:25

pronunciation of phonemes such as /t/ and /d/ (often pronounced with retroflex articulation as [ʈ] and [ɖ]) and the replacement of /θ/ and /ð/ with dentals...

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Click consonant
Senin, 2026-06-01 18:45:03

are very common in the San languages of southern Africa. Finally, the retroflex clicks are poorly known, being attested from only a single language, Central...

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Fricative
Kamis, 2026-05-07 23:49:27

voiceless retroflex sibilant [ʐ] voiced retroflex sibilant All sibilants are coronal, but may be dental, alveolar, postalveolar, or palatal (retroflex) within...

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Trill consonant
Senin, 2026-05-04 02:40:46

trill [r̥] – Voiceless alveolar trill [ɽ͡r] – Voiced retroflex trill [ɽ͡r̥] – Voiceless retroflex trill [ʀ] – Voiced uvular trill [ʀ̥] – Voiceless uvular...

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Voiceless labial–retroflex plosive
Rabu, 2025-12-03 08:03:05

A voiceless labial–retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in the Yele language. It is a [ʈ] and [p] pronounced simultaneously. The symbol...

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Bengali alphabet
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 22:34:10

from Sanskrit, where the grapheme represents the vocalic equivalent of a retroflex approximant (possibly an r-colored vowel). A similar (and now obsolete)...

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Ʈ
Kamis, 2026-02-26 12:20:57

The letter Ʈ (minuscule: ʈ), called T with retroflex hook (in some literature, T with right tail or Right-tail T), is a letter of the Latin alphabet based...

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Tenuis retroflex click
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 03:06:40

precisely tenuis retroflex click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol ⟨‼⟩ is used for the retroflex clicks; a tenuis...

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Labialization
Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:10:51

Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Ubykh labzd voiceless retroflex sibilant [ʂʷ] Bzhedug labzd voiced retroflex sibilant [ʐʷ] Bzhedug labzd voiceless alveolo-palatal...

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Retroflex ejective affricate
Minggu, 2026-04-26 02:09:57

A retroflex ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

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E
Kamis, 2026-05-21 23:23:51

an open-mid front unrounded vowel in the IPA ᶓ: Epsilon / open e with retroflex hook Ɜ ɜ: Latin letter reversed epsilon / open e, which represents an...

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Dravidian languages
Selasa, 2026-06-02 09:14:33

coast and signs of Dravidian phonological and grammatical influence (e.g. retroflex consonants) in the Indo-Aryan languages (c.1500 BCE) suggest that some...

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Retroflex ejective stop
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:27:29

A retroflex ejective is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this...

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Coronal consonant
Jumat, 2026-06-05 11:08:50

palato-alveolar, laminal alveolo-palatal, and apical retroflex) just behind that, the subapical retroflex consonants curled back against the hard palate, and...

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Voiced retroflex lateral fricative
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:20:20

A voiced retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, ⟨𝼅⟩ is overtly supported by the extIPA...

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Voiced retroflex lateral flap
Sabtu, 2026-03-28 02:23:33

A voiced retroflex lateral flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The "implicit" symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

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Voiceless postalveolar affricate
Jumat, 2026-05-22 08:43:47

phonetic transcription U+1DF1C 𝼜 LATIN SMALL LETTER TESH DIGRAPH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK has been used in phonetic descriptions of Polish Its manner of articulation...

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Voiced retroflex click
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 03:04:38

A voiced retroflex click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol ⟨‼⟩ is used for the retroflex clicks; a voiced click with...

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Kurukh language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 04:40:22

In Kurukh, the modern voiced retroflex flap /ɽ/ developed diachronically from an ancestral geminated voiced retroflex plosive /ɖː/. Driven by intensive...

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Voiceless retroflex flap
Rabu, 2026-01-14 08:07:28

A voiceless retroflex flap or tap is a type of consonantal sound used in spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

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Palatal consonant
Selasa, 2026-05-19 19:19:07

called retroflex. Palatal sounds are occasionally called domal or cacuminal (/kəˈkjuːmɪnəl/ ), though usually those terms are restricted to retroflex consonants...

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Voiced retroflex implosive
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:28:06

A voiced retroflex implosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. Wadiyara Koli phonemically distinguishes it from the alveolar...

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Abkhazian Che
Selasa, 2026-02-17 04:50:57

the alphabet of the Abkhaz language, where it represents the voiceless retroflex affricate /ʈʂ/. In the alphabet, it is placed between ⟨Ҷ⟩ and ⟨Ҿ⟩. The...

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Voiced labial–retroflex nasal
Rabu, 2026-05-20 10:50:50

A voiced labial–retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound used in the Yele language. It is a [ɳ] and [m] pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in...

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Ll
Selasa, 2026-05-05 08:32:10

/ʎ/ in other dialects: [ɖ] (voiced retroflex plosive), [ɖʐ] (voiced retroflex affricate), [ʈʂ] (voiceless retroflex affricate) or [t͡s] (voiceless alveolar...

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Minggu, 2026-05-24 02:39:21

vaqueira, can manifest as: a voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ], a voiced retroflex affricate [ɖʐ], a voiceless retroflex affricate [ʈʂ] or a voiceless alveolar...

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I
Jumat, 2026-05-22 00:08:21

Miller, Kirk (2020-07-11). "L2/20-125R: Unicode request for expected IPA retroflex letters and similar letters with hooks" (PDF). Anderson, Deborah (2020-12-07)...

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Voiceless retroflex implosive
Rabu, 2026-05-27 07:09:27

A voiceless retroflex implosive is an extremely rare consonantal sound, used in very few spoken languages. There is no official symbol in the International...

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South Dravidian languages
Jumat, 2026-04-03 03:23:15

that both retroflex approximant and the retroflex laterals were once (before the 10th century) also present in Kannada. However, all the retroflex approximants...

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Zhe (Cyrillic)
Rabu, 2026-05-20 03:41:10

is a letter of the Cyrillic script. It commonly represents the voiced retroflex sibilant /ʐ/ (listen) or voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/, like the pronunciation...

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R
Jumat, 2026-05-22 10:19:26

approximant (most varieties), alveolar trill (some British varieties), or the retroflex approximant (some varieties in the United States, South West England and...

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O
Senin, 2026-05-25 19:06:20

small o is used in Indo-European studies 𝼛 : Latin small letter o with retroflex hook is used in phonetic transcription Ꝋ ꝋ : Forms of O were used for...

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Historical Chinese phonology
Selasa, 2026-05-12 02:28:01

with tone 1 and unaspirated otherwise. Retroflex stops merged into retroflex affricates. Sonorants: retroflex nasal merged into alveolar nasal; /ɻ/, formerly...

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Voiceless retroflex lateral affricate
Senin, 2026-01-26 18:59:55

A voiceless retroflex lateral affricate is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The implicit symbol in the International Phonetic...

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Voiced labial–retroflex plosive
Rabu, 2025-12-03 08:03:08

A voiced labial–retroflex plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in the Yele language. It is a [ɖ] and [b] pronounced simultaneously. The symbol...

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Ĝ
Kamis, 2026-04-16 00:01:22

affricate (either palato-alveolar or retroflex), and is equivalent to a voiced postalveolar affricate /dʒ/ or a voiced retroflex affricate /dʐ/. While Esperanto...

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Central ǃKung
Jumat, 2026-04-10 10:16:52

described as having retroflex clicks, Vedder (1910/1911) described a second series of lateral clicks in Gaub ǃKung. The retroflex clicks have also been...

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Tamil phonology
Selasa, 2026-06-02 10:21:15

Tamil phonology is characterised by the presence of "true-subapical" retroflex consonants and multiple rhotic consonants. Its script does not distinguish...

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Devanagari transliteration
Rabu, 2026-05-20 20:37:55

Sanskrit glyphs. For example, dental and retroflex consonants are disambiguated with an underdot: dental द=d and retroflex ड=ḍ. An important feature of IAST...

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Phonetic symbols in Unicode
Minggu, 2026-05-31 03:53:09

provides an application note such as "voiced retroflex lateral" for U+026D ɭ LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH RETROFLEX HOOK. An entry in bold italics indicates...

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Spanish language
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 07:27:11

articulatorily as "retracted"), with a weak "hushing" sound reminiscent of retroflex fricatives. In Andalusia, Canary Islands and most of Hispanic America...

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Implosive consonant
Selasa, 2026-06-02 09:02:16

(voiced stop) with a rightward-facing hook: bilabial ⟨ɓ⟩, alveolar ⟨ɗ ⟩, retroflex ⟨ᶑ ⟩ (this letter is 'implicit' in the IPA), palatal ⟨ ʄ ⟩, velar ⟨ɠ ⟩...

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Affricate
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 14:58:48

four places of articulation: alveolar, postalveolar, alveolo-palatal and retroflex. They also distinguish voiceless, voiced, and ejective affricates at each...

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Warlpiri language
Jumat, 2026-04-17 22:35:15

as a retroflex flap /ɽ/ is phonetically an unusual consonant [ɻ͡ɾ] that is possibly unique to Warlpiri. The tip of the tongue begins in retroflex position...

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Halbi language
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 02:56:18

palatal affricates, and as retroflex [ɳ] when before retroflex stops. Voiced retroflex stops /ɖ, ɖʱ/ are heard as retroflex flaps [ɽ, ɽʱ] when in word-medial...

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Toda language
Jumat, 2026-05-22 14:14:39

voiceless laterals are true fricatives, not voiceless approximants; the retroflex lateral is highly unusual among the world's languages. Voiceless fricatives...

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Laminal consonant
Sabtu, 2026-05-23 11:24:52

laminal, with apical (as well as subapical) sounds distinguished as 'retroflex', though occasionally 'lamino-palatal' and 'apico-palatal' (or 'lamino-domal'...

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Bilabial click
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 16:04:54

in greetings. Alveolar click Dental click Lateral click Palatal click Retroflex click List of phonetics topics International Phonetic Association (1999)...

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Dental click
Kamis, 2026-04-16 23:45:13

of the head. Lateral click Alveolar click Bilabial click Palatal click Retroflex click Index of phonetics articles Ladefoged & Traill, 1984:18 In the English...

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Wadiyara Koli language
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 11:02:58

phonemes; the bilabial, the alveolar, the retroflex, and the velar; the latter two are restricted. The retroflex nasal is visible word-medially and word-finally...

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Sha (Cyrillic)
Senin, 2026-02-16 06:21:50

transcribed as a palatoalveolar fricative, but is actually a voiceless retroflex fricative /ʂ/. It is used in every variation of the Cyrillic alphabet...

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Sambalpuri language
Kamis, 2026-05-28 18:11:56

loss of retroflex consonant like voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] (ଳ) which are present in Standard Odia, and a limited usage of retroflex unaspirated...

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Khandeshi language
Jumat, 2026-02-13 15:19:30

been recognized as a different language. /n/ appears as a retroflex [ɳ] when before retroflex stops. All vowels can be short or long. "Statement 1: Abstract...

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Mandarin Chinese
Rabu, 2026-06-03 21:31:59

glottal stop. Many Mandarin varieties, including that of Beijing, retain retroflex initial consonants, which have been lost in southern Chinese varieties...

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Middle Chinese
Selasa, 2026-04-28 21:59:47

distinction between dental (or alveolar), retroflex and palatal among fricatives and affricates, and a two-way dental/retroflex distinction among stop consonants...

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Tibetan script
Senin, 2026-06-01 10:38:40

(sha). One further retroflex, ཌྷ (ḍha), is formed by subjoining retroflex ཌ (ḍa) with ཧ (ha), matching the way its non-retroflex counterpart, དྷ (dha)...

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Dental consonant
Senin, 2026-05-11 16:09:22

speakers, the English alveolar /t/ and /d/ sound more like the corresponding retroflex consonants of their languages than like dentals.[citation needed] Spanish...

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Voiced velar approximant
Rabu, 2026-06-03 04:57:32

velum and simultaneous pharyngealization. This gives rise to a type of retroflex resonance that is nearly indistinguishable from [ɻ]. The extension to...

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Standard Chinese phonology
Kamis, 2026-05-21 20:48:07

not to be truly retroflex; they may be more accurately called post-alveolar. Some speakers not from Beijing may lack the retroflexes in their native dialects...

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Consonant
Selasa, 2026-03-03 10:25:27

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Alveolo-palatal consonant
Jumat, 2026-05-22 23:24:55

In the official IPA chart, alveolo-palatals would appear between the retroflex and palatal consonants, but are omitted for "lack of space". Ladefoged...

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Gui-Liu Mandarin
Senin, 2025-03-24 07:15:30

the varieties which do not retain retroflexes as distinct consonants, Guilin universally converts old retroflexes into alveolar sibilants. Liuzhou mostly...

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A
Kamis, 2026-06-04 06:22:35

an open back unrounded vowel in the IPA ⟨ᶐ⟩: Latin small alpha with a retroflex hook ⟨Ɐ ɐ⟩: Turned A, represents a near-open central vowel in the IPA...

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Voiced velar nasal
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:15:31

sound is ⟨ŋ⟩. The IPA symbol ⟨ŋ⟩ is similar to ⟨ɳ⟩, the symbol for the retroflex nasal, which has a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of...

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Palatal click
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 16:14:49

variously described as fricated alveolar clicks and (inaccurately) as retroflex clicks. Unlike typical palatal clicks, which have a sharp, abrupt release...

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Sinhala script
Jumat, 2026-05-15 23:27:47

by śuddha. The śuddha also includes the letters and diacritics for the retroflex consonants ⟨ḷ⟩ and ⟨ṇ⟩, which are not phonemic in modern Sinhala but are...

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Desia language
Selasa, 2026-03-24 08:19:28

loss of retroflex consonant like voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] (ଳ) which are present in Standard Odia, and a limited usage of retroflex unaspirated...

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Inuit phonology
Minggu, 2026-02-01 01:10:32

distinctions for each). Although Inupiatun and Qawiaraq have retroflex consonants, retroflexes have otherwise disappeared in all the Canadian and Greenlandic...

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Place of articulation
Kamis, 2026-05-07 01:56:01

terms have been invented, so subapical–palatal is more commonly called "retroflex". Note: Additional shades of passive articulation are sometimes specified...

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Sanskrit grammar
Minggu, 2026-05-10 01:00:35

or after the time of the Rigveda, as evidenced due to ḷh (an aspirated retroflex lateral consonant) being metrically a cluster (that was most likely of...

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Urdu alphabet
Kamis, 2026-06-04 10:19:35

indicate retroflex consonants because of it being an emphatic alveolar consonant that Arabic scribes thought approximated the Hindustani retroflexes.[citation...

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Voiced postalveolar fricative
Jumat, 2026-06-05 10:56:04

transcribed as a palato-alveolar fricative but is actually a laminal retroflex fricative. In English, the phoneme [ʒ] is often found as a hyperforeign...

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Ż
Jumat, 2025-12-05 20:35:23

final, 32nd letter of the alphabet. It typically represents the voiced retroflex fricative ([ʐ]), somewhat similar to the pronunciation of ⟨g⟩ in "mirage";...

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Dot (diacritic)
Selasa, 2026-02-17 03:24:22

voiced palato-alveolar affricate /d͡ʒ/. Polish: ż is used for a voiced retroflex sibilant /ʐ/. The Siouan languages such as Lakota, Osage, and Crow sometimes...

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Vowel–consonant harmony
Minggu, 2026-03-29 01:46:24

Sanskrit, known for its retroflex consonants compared to the languages that started using its script, uses a system known as retroflex harmony, with all the...

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Alveolar consonant
Senin, 2026-04-06 02:01:14

articulation that are not palatalized like English palato-alveolar sh, or retroflex. To disambiguate, the bridge ([s̪, t̪, n̪, l̪], etc.) may be used for...

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Voiceless postalveolar fricative
Selasa, 2026-05-26 04:35:16

transcribed as a palato-alveolar fricative but is actually an apical retroflex fricative. A voiceless postalveolar non-sibilant fricative is a type of...

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Australian Aboriginal languages
Senin, 2026-05-04 01:44:09

variables: the position of the tongue (front, alveolar or dental, or retroflex), and its shape (apical or laminal). There are also bilabial, velar and...

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Thai script
Jumat, 2026-06-05 18:08:36

differentiate between the retroflex and dental classes, since Thai has no retroflex consonants. The equivalents of all the retroflex consonants are pronounced...

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Voiceless alveolar affricate
Rabu, 2026-05-27 08:55:09

called apico-alveolar or grave, has a weak hushing sound reminiscent of retroflex affricates. One language in which it is found is Basque, where it contrasts...

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Voiced dental and alveolar lateral fricatives
Jumat, 2026-04-10 12:33:35

MODIFIER LETTER SMALL LEZH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK is a superscript IPA letter U+1DF05 𝼅 LATIN SMALL LETTER LEZH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK is an extension to IPA for...

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Saraiki language
Kamis, 2026-06-04 12:03:00

/ŋ ɲ ɳ n m/. The retroflex ɳ is realised as a true nasal only if adjacent to a retroflex stop, elsewhere it is a nasalised retroflex flap [ɽ̃]. The contrasts...

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Indo-Aryan languages
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 09:29:44

labial, dental, "retroflex", palatal, and velar, which is the same as that of Sanskrit. The "retroflex" position may involve retroflexion, or curling the...

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Balbodh
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 04:45:17

for other languages is the more frequent and regular use of both ळ /ɭ/ (retroflex lateral flap) and र्‍ (called the eyelash reph / raphar). Additionally...

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Ditema tsa Dinoko
Minggu, 2026-05-24 23:20:56

manner of articulation: Fricatives are indicated by curved lines; with the retroflex/whistled and postalveolar fricatives being loops. Plosives are indicated...

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Ejective consonant
Jumat, 2026-06-05 17:05:10

now being a sociolinguistic variant (Takkele Taddese 1992). An ejective retroflex stop [ʈʼ] is rare. It has been reported from Yawelmani and other Yokuts...

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Voiceless retroflex lateral flap
Jumat, 2026-05-15 08:00:14

A voiceless retroflex lateral flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages (as in Wahgi). The implicit symbol for this sound in...

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Khichdi
Selasa, 2026-04-28 01:47:25

be noted in the third consonant in the word khicṛī. The sound is the retroflex flap [ɽ], which is written in Hindi with the Devanagari letter ⟨ड़⟩, and...

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Khanty languages
Jumat, 2026-05-01 07:58:01

consonants is phonemic in Khanty, as in most other Uralic languages. Retroflex consonants are also found in most varieties of Khanty. Khanty word stress...

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ݨ
Senin, 2025-11-10 06:59:32

Shina to represent a retroflex nasal consonant, [ɳ]. ڼ is the twenty-ninth letter of Pashto alphabet. It represents the retroflex nasal letter (IPA: [ɳ])...

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Voiced alveolar approximant
Rabu, 2026-05-20 21:17:55

remarkably similar to the postalveolar approximant, as does the voiced retroflex approximant [ɻ]. As an allophone of other rhotic sounds, [ɹ] occurs in...

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Nuosu language
Senin, 2026-05-25 23:42:22

chart and transcriptions slightly differ from the later sources: The retroflex fricatives and affricates are notated as plain postalveolar (i.e. with...

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Voiced dental and alveolar taps and flaps
Rabu, 2026-05-13 23:28:22

written in non-standard IPA with the tap as ⟨ɾ⟩ and the flap as ⟨ɽ⟩, the retroflex letter being used for the one that starts with the tongue tip curled back...

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Rabu, 2026-03-11 04:51:19

pronounced by Mizrahi Jews; the romanization of Indic languages to represent retroflex /ʂ/; the orthography of Yoruba in Nigeria to represent the voiceless palato-alveolar...

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Marathi language
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 09:14:00

contrasts apico-alveolar with alveopalatal affricates and alveolar with retroflex laterals ([l] and [ɭ] (Marathi letters ल and ळ respectively). Modern Indo-Aryan...

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Szadzenie
Senin, 2026-03-02 11:32:31

fricatives /s/, /z/ ⟨s, z⟩ into their retroflex counterparts i.e. retroflex affricates /t͡ʂ/, /d͡ʐ/ ⟨cz, dż⟩ and retroflex fricatives /ʂ/, /ʐ/ ⟨sz, ż/rz⟩, respectively...

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Fasciculus retroflexus
Rabu, 2025-11-26 20:03:02

the right and left fasciculi retroflexes clarifies the organization of this pathway: RIGHT AND LEFT FASCICULI RETROFLEXES BY COBALT". Journal of Comparative...

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L
Rabu, 2026-05-27 21:28:49

Kirk (July 11, 2020). "L2/20-125R: Unicode request for expected IPA retroflex letters and similar letters with hooks" (PDF). Everson, Michael; Baker...

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Abkhazian Che with descender
Rabu, 2026-03-25 20:16:35

used in the alphabet of the Abkhazian language, where it represents the retroflex ejective affricate /ʈ͡ʂʼ/. Cyrillic characters in Unicode Abkhazian Che...

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Articulatory phonetics
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 03:06:34

apical post-alveolar sounds are also described as retroflex. Typical examples of sub-apical retroflex stops are commonly found in Dravidian languages,...

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Back-released click
Senin, 2026-06-01 17:06:56

Alveolar click Bilabial click Dental click Lateral click Palatal click Retroflex click Index of phonetics articles Click consonant Grenoble, Lenore (2014)...

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Ṛe
Minggu, 2024-03-24 21:23:54

word-final retroflex flap [ɽ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri. The small t̤oʾe diacritic is used to indicate a retroflex consonant...

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ǃKung languages
Senin, 2026-06-01 13:17:26

articulation: dental, alveolar, palatal, alveolar lateral, and retroflex (*‼). The retroflex clicks have dropped out of Southeastern dialects such as Juǀʼhoan...

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Uvular consonant
Jumat, 2026-01-16 10:40:14

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Ligature (writing)
Rabu, 2026-06-03 23:36:19

Miller, Kirk (2020-07-11). "L2/20-125R: Unicode request for expected IPA retroflex letters and similar letters with hooks" (PDF). Miller, Kirk; Everson,...

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Che (Cyrillic)
Sabtu, 2026-04-04 02:12:12

pronounced as: the voiceless retroflex affricate /tʂ/ (like Mandarin pinyin zh), like in Russian: лучше, or the voiceless retroflex fricative /ʂ/ (like Mandarin...

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Old Mandarin
Kamis, 2026-04-23 17:51:05

the exception of the retroflex nasal, which merged with the dental nasal, the Late Middle Chinese retroflex stops and retroflex sibilants merged into...

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History of the International Phonetic Alphabet
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 23:16:55

syllable. A voiced sound was marked by ⟨◌̬⟩ and a voiceless one by ⟨◌̥⟩. Retroflex consonants were marked by ⟨◌̣⟩, as in ⟨ṣ, ṭ, ṇ⟩. Arabic emphatic consonants...

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Hindustani phonology
Selasa, 2026-06-02 20:06:42

thāl dāl dhār [t̪aːl t̪ʰaːl d̪aːl d̪ʱaːɾ] 'rhythm, plate, lentil, knife' Retroflex stops टाल/ٹال, ठाल/ٹھال, डाल/ڈال, ढाल/ڈھال ṭāl ṭhāl ḍāl ḍhāl [ʈaːl ʈʰaːl...

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Telugu language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 07:37:19

/mɐɾːi/ marri (banyan tree) All retroflex consonants occur in intervocalic position and when adjacent to a retroflex consonant, for instance. /ʋɐːɳiː/...

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Mid front unrounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-02-19 23:12:50

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Obsolete and nonstandard IPA symbols
Selasa, 2026-06-02 23:59:41

Kirk (2020), L2/20-125: Unicode request for a ligature, expected IPA retroflex letters and similar hooks & tails. (PDF) International Phonetic Association...

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Labial–coronal consonant
Rabu, 2026-05-27 14:34:02

'alveolar' [t], [d] or [n] sound, or further back, a 'post-alveolar' or 'retroflex' [ʈ], [ɖ] or [ɳ] sound). Several languages have been claimed to have such...

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X-SAMPA
Senin, 2026-02-02 03:21:38

modify. Except for ~ for nasalization, = for syllabicity, and ` for retroflexion and rhotacization, diacritics are joined to the character with the underscore...

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Voiced dental and alveolar nasals
Selasa, 2026-05-19 14:29:47

Malayalam pronunciation of Nārāyanan, the first n is dental, the second is retroflex, and the third alveolar. A voiced postalveolar nasal occurs in a number...

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Nasal consonant
Selasa, 2026-05-26 07:59:25

nasal. Examples of languages containing nasal occlusives: The voiced retroflex nasal [ɳ] is a common sound in Languages of South Asia and Australian...

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Ḍal
Senin, 2025-01-06 11:55:40

used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent a voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri...

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Dz (digraph)
Jumat, 2026-04-10 21:09:25

SMALL LETTER DZ DIGRAPH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK is used in Sinological and Tibetanist transcription for a voiced retroflex affricate. U+10788 𐞈 MODIFIER...

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Nuristani Kalasha language
Kamis, 2026-02-12 23:32:26

[β] before /ɹ, ɹ̃/ and next to front vowels. Post-consonantally, /ɽ/ retroflexes the following vowels in the word, sounding like a /ɹ/ before or after...

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Voiceless bilabial fricative
Kamis, 2026-06-04 02:38:22

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Americanist phonetic notation
Minggu, 2026-05-17 06:52:39

non-sibilant dental ⟨θ ð⟩), and retracting diacritic (a dot, e.g. s̩ g̩ ) for retroflex and uvulars (apart from uvular ⟨q⟩) ⟨r⟩ or ⟨ř⟩ for a flap and ⟨r̃⟩ for...

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Prakrit
Jumat, 2026-05-22 19:46:53

eastern dialects) with a retroflex stop in the environment of a rhotic, like prati- > paṭi- and mēḍhra "ram, penis" (already retroflex in Proto-Indo-Aryan...

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Approximant
Kamis, 2026-06-04 02:36:32

approximant ([ɹ]) is common, though the sound is more postalveolar. Actual retroflexion may occur as well and both occur as variations of the same sound. However...

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List of Latin-script letters
Jumat, 2026-05-29 05:38:47

Miller, Kirk (2020-07-11). "L2/20-125R: Unicode request for expected IPA retroflex letters and similar letters with hooks" (PDF). Bunčić, Daniel (2021-01-12)...

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Senin, 2025-12-01 06:14:54

Indo-Aryan and East Iranian languages to represent either syllabic r or a retroflex flap. In the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST)...

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Huichol language
Senin, 2026-05-18 12:33:40

phonemes. McIntosh described r as "a voiced retroflex alveolar flap" and x as "backed alveolar . . . somewhat retroflex"; "backed alveolar" seems to correspond...

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Indo-Aryan loanwords in Tamil
Minggu, 2025-06-01 04:36:14

The Tamil language of Dravidian family has absorbed many loanwords from Indo-Aryan family, predominantly from Prakrit, Pali and Sanskrit, ever since the...

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Voiced palatal nasal
Kamis, 2026-05-07 03:22:30

letter. The letter ⟨ɲ⟩ is visually similar to ⟨ɳ⟩, the symbol for the retroflex nasal, which has a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of...

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Š
Minggu, 2026-03-22 05:49:16

denoting the voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ or similar voiceless retroflex fricative /ʂ/. In the International Phonetic Alphabet this sound is denoted...

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Substratum in Vedic Sanskrit
Selasa, 2026-06-02 01:40:50

languages. Prominent examples include: phonologically, the introduction of retroflexes, which alternate with dentals, and morphologically, the formation of...

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Afar language
Selasa, 2026-03-03 05:41:29

released, e.g., [ʌkʰˈme]. /ɖ/ may be realized as a tap [ɽ] or lose its retroflexion as [d] in certain dialects. Sentence final vowels of affirmative verbs...

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Ṭe
Minggu, 2024-06-30 11:39:05

in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent an voiceless retroflex plosive [ʈ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri...

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Voiceless labiodental affricate
Kamis, 2026-03-26 06:12:25

varieties of Central Plains Mandarin and Lanyin Mandarin, labialized retroflex fricatives and affricates [ʂʷ][tʂʷ][tʂʰʷ] (sometimes including [ʐʷ~ɻʷ])...

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Voiced dental and alveolar trills
Jumat, 2026-05-22 14:39:15

University Press, pp. 104–107, ISBN 978-0-521-65236-0 Torp, Arne (2001), "Retroflex consonants and dorsal /r/: mutually excluding innovations? On the diffusion...

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Dhivehi language
Senin, 2026-05-25 22:58:30

kaṭuva, both "thorn"). Backing of vowels e and i into o and u before retroflex consonants (older Dhivehi ateḷu → atoḷu "atoll") Loss of contrast between...

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C
Jumat, 2026-06-05 04:22:26

description of Khoekhoe. ⟨𝼝⟩ : Small letter ⟨c⟩ with retroflex hook – Para-IPA version of the IPA retroflex tʂ. ⟨ꟲ⟩ : Modifier letter capital ⟨c⟩ – Used to...

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Wolfram (film)
Senin, 2026-05-11 07:06:38

Thornton Edited by Nick Meyers Production companies Bunya Productions Retroflex Lateral Wolfram Studios Distributed by Bonsai Films Release date...

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Nepali language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 18:42:05

Typically, sounds transcribed with the retroflex symbols ⟨ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʱ, ɽ, ɳ, ɽ̃⟩ are not purely retroflex [ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʱ, ɽ, ɳ, ɽ̃] but apical postalveolar...

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Northern Khanty language
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 01:19:39

Kazym Khanty consonants Bilabial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar plain pal. Nasal m n nʲ ɳ ŋ Plosive p t k Fricative median s sʲ ʂ x lateral ɬ ɬʲ Approximant...

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Kannada
Minggu, 2026-05-31 12:25:08

alveolar tap [ɾ]. The voiceless retroflex sibilant /ʂ/ is commonly pronounced as a /ʃ/ except in consonant clusters with retroflex consonants. There are also...

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Retroverted uterus
Rabu, 2026-03-18 00:20:02

Left: Anteverted, the most common position; Middle: Retroverted; Right: Retroflexed...

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Voiceless labiodental nasal
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 01:18:55

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Rhotic consonant
Jumat, 2026-05-22 09:29:17

approximant is [ɹ] and the symbol for the retroflex approximant is [ɻ]. There is a distinction between an unrounded retroflex approximant and a rounded variety...

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IPA consonant chart with audio
Rabu, 2026-02-18 00:44:57

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Kannada script
Jumat, 2026-05-29 22:39:50

denote the special consonants viz. the trill [r] ಱ the retroflex lateral [ɭ] ಳ and the retroflex rhotic [ɻ] ೞ, by the 5th century.[dubious – discuss][the...

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Arabic script
Rabu, 2026-06-03 01:18:41

(a voiceless retroflex plosive /ʈ/) in Sindhi U+067D ﮸ ‎ 3 dots (inverted) none ٮ ‎ ت ‎ ﭦ‎ Ṭe, used to represent Ṭ (a voiceless retroflex plosive /ʈ/)...

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Wade–Giles
Senin, 2026-03-30 13:06:20

leaves no overlap: The non-retroflex ch (Pinyin j) and chʻ (Pinyin q) are always before either ü or i, but never ih. The retroflex ch (Pinyin zh) and chʻ...

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Gujarati script
Kamis, 2026-05-14 03:41:15

their pronunciation. In sequence, these categories are: velar, palatal, retroflex, dental, labial, sonorant and fricative. Among the first five groups,...

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Swedish phonology
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 02:34:33

produces retroflex consonant realizations ([ʈ, ɖ, ɳ, ɭ, ʂ]), a recursive sandhi process called "retroflexion". The process of retroflexion is not limited...

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ڼ
Rabu, 2022-04-20 05:04:24

ڼ is the twenty-ninth letter of Pashto alphabet. It represents the retroflex nasal (IPA: /ɳ/) which is ण in Devanagari and is transliterated ⟨ṇ⟩. In Shahmukhi...

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Mid back rounded vowel
Sabtu, 2026-04-11 11:28:28

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Extensions to the International Phonetic Alphabet
Selasa, 2026-06-02 07:01:56

transcription, though in IPA the diacritic has also been used for apical-retroflex articulation. The Extended IPA has adopted bracket notation from conventions...

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Spanish language in the Americas
Rabu, 2026-06-03 05:47:17

"apico-alveolar" "grave" sibilant [s̺], with a weak "hushing" sound reminiscent of retroflex fricatives. To a Hispanic American, Andalusian or Canary Island Spanish...

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Cerebral
Senin, 2025-07-14 04:24:29

uppermost part of the brain Cerebral cortex, the outer layer of the cerebrum Retroflex consonant, also referred to as a cerebral consonant, a type of consonant...

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Kxʼa languages
Senin, 2026-06-01 13:18:09

Proto-Ju *𝼊xoe: retroflex clicks merged with alveolars in Southern ǃKung, with laterals in Northern ǃKung, and only remained retroflex in Central ǃKung...

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D with hook and tail
Jumat, 2026-02-27 05:32:45

Latin alphabet, used in phonetic transcription to represent a voiced retroflex implosive [ᶑ], though it is not explicitly part of the International Phonetic...

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Maithili language
Minggu, 2026-05-31 04:44:29

/bʱ/. Apart from the retroflex series, all the rest four series show full phonological contrast in all positions. The retroflex tenius /ʈ/ and /ʈʰ/ show...

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Portuguese language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 06:32:04

(PR) [Acoustic-phonetic characteristics of the Brazilian Portuguese's retroflex /r/: data from respondents in Pato Branco, Paraná] (PDF) (Master's thesis)...

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Gondi language
Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:20:57

non-front vowels in some dialects. /s/ is realized as a retroflex sibilant [ʂ] before a retroflex stop /ʈ/. An alveolar tap sound /ɾ/ can vary freely with...

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Dzhe
Selasa, 2026-03-17 11:45:43

and for purposes of collation. Abkhaz uses it to represent the voiced retroflex affricate /ɖʐ/. The digraph џь is used to represent the /dʒ/ sound. The...

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Amdo Tibetan
Kamis, 2026-05-07 06:03:53

Tianjun County 天峻 dialects of Amdo Tibetan in Gansu and Qinghai provinces. Retroflex stop sounds /ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ/ may also be pronounced as affricate sounds [ʈʂ...

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Sanskrit
Selasa, 2026-06-02 23:31:13

betrays an instability of the phenomenon of retroflexion, with the same phrases having sandhi-induced retroflexion in some parts but not other. This is taken...

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Mid front rounded vowel
Selasa, 2026-03-17 00:36:27

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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!!
Kamis, 2025-12-18 23:46:32

move in chess annotation Double factorial, an operator in mathematics Retroflex click, a family of click consonants found only in Juu and Namibian languages...

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Voiced bilabial plosive
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:15:31

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Southwestern Mandarin
Rabu, 2026-05-20 15:09:13

Southern Chinese dialects, Southwestern Mandarin does not possess the retroflex consonants (/ʈ͡ʂ/ ⟨zh⟩, /ʈ͡ʂʰ/ ⟨ch⟩, /ʂ/ ⟨sh⟩, /ɻ/ ⟨r⟩) of Standard Mandarin...

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Voiceless labial–velar fricative
Rabu, 2026-04-22 02:50:04

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Malayalam phonology
Kamis, 2026-05-21 20:58:12

subapical retroflexes and a phonemic distinction in vowel length. The language also maintains clear contrasts among dental, alveolar, and retroflex places...

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Selasa, 2026-05-19 07:55:52

transliterating Indo-Aryan, East Iranian and Dravidian languages it represents a retroflex t. It was also formerly used for the same sound in Javanese, but has now...

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Ezh
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 08:45:56

ᶾ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL EZH and U+1D9A ᶚ LATIN SMALL LETTER EZH WITH RETROFLEX HOOK are also used for phonetic transcription. U+1D23 ᴣ LATIN LETTER SMALL...

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Glottal stop
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:04:55

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Khowar alphabet
Selasa, 2025-10-07 17:39:47

is used to indicate the aspirated and breathy voiced consonants. The retroflex consonants needed to be added as well; this was accomplished by placing...

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Anterior consonant
Jumat, 2026-05-29 12:11:56

consonants. By contrast, the remaining coronals, those being postalveolar and retroflex, are nonanterior consonants (as well as palatals, if considered to be...

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Middle Chinese finals
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 03:39:28

that differ depending on the class of the initial (e.g. velar, labial, retroflex, etc.). There are also clear co-occurrence restrictions between initials...

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Voiced labial–velar implosive
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:04:41

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Apical consonant
Rabu, 2026-03-04 01:24:41

Chinese uses it for postalveolar fricatives (the "alveolo-palatal" and "retroflex" series). Lillooet uses it as a secondary feature in contrasting velarized...

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Tangut language
Minggu, 2026-05-17 21:51:35

'tense' (緊喉母音), and 'retroflex' (捲舌母音). Gong HC leaves normal vowels unmarked and places a dot under tense vowels and an -r after retroflex vowels. Arakawa...

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Lateral click
Sabtu, 2026-02-28 16:17:23

contrast between such articulations has been confirmed apart from the retroflex clicks, which may have lateral release. Features of lateral clicks: The...

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Kalasha language
Senin, 2026-05-18 15:17:09

is phonologically atypical because it contrasts plain, long, nasal and retroflex vowels as well as combinations of these. Set out below is the phonology...

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Mongolian script
Rabu, 2026-06-03 04:29:52

script, and repurposed three Galik letters to represent the Mandarin retroflex consonants. These letters remain in use in Inner Mongolia for the purpose...

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Voiceless velar nasal
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:16:36

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Kabba language
Jumat, 2024-02-09 13:23:38

before /i/. /ɗ/ may have a retroflex [ɽ] or trill [r] allophone, when in intervocalic positions. /ɾ/ may also be heard as a retroflex [ɽ] in free variation...

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Assamese alphabet
Rabu, 2026-05-06 02:32:59

murdhoinnyo no ("retroflex n"), and ঞ inyo. Similarly, the phoneme /x/ can be written as শ taloibbyo xo ("palatal x"), ষ murdhoinnyo xo ("retroflex x"), or স...

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Voiceless labial–velar implosive
Selasa, 2026-02-03 14:28:33

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Akie language
Kamis, 2026-05-14 12:17:06

  Labial Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Plosive plain p t c ⟨ch⟩ k geminated tː ⟨tt⟩ cː ⟨cch⟩ kː ⟨kk⟩ implosive ɓ ⟨b⟩ ɗ ⟨d⟩ ʄ ⟨j⟩ ɠ ⟨g⟩...

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Badaga language
Selasa, 2026-06-02 09:09:25

transcription: rhoticity ⟨◌˞⟩ indicates half-retroflexion; doubled ⟨◌˞˞⟩ it indicates full retroflexion. Badaga is presently written in the Kannada and...

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Voiced palatal lateral flap
Kamis, 2026-06-04 02:19:44

language of Australia has a palatal lateral flap as well as alveolar and retroflex lateral flaps. Some Northwest Barito languages also have a palatal lateral...

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Hindi
Minggu, 2026-05-31 06:20:17

झ् hedgehog ʈ टमाटर ٹماٹر ṭamāṭar ‌‌‌ट् stub (but retroflex) ʈʰ ठंड ٹھنڈ ṭhanḍ ठ् tub (but retroflex) ɖ डालना ڈالنا ḍālnā ड् American bird ɖʱ ढक्कन ڈھکّن...

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Sherpa language
Senin, 2026-04-27 12:49:27

[k kʰ ɡ] when preceding /i, e, ɛ/. /n/ can become a retroflex nasal [ɳ] when preceding a retroflex stop. /p/ can have an allophone of [ɸ] when occurring...

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Voiced labial–alveolar plosive
Rabu, 2026-03-25 18:15:24

vowels. Yele Mb꞉eetpuwo [mbɛ̃ːd̪͡buw̪ɔ] (place name) Voiced between vowels. Contrasts voiced labial–retroflex plosive. Kmatpi [k͡pŋ͡mæd̪͡bi] (a male name)...

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Subapical consonant
Rabu, 2026-03-18 20:48:00

region, which are called "retroflex". Most so-called retroflex consonants are more properly called apical. True subapical retroflexes are found in the Dravidian...

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Norwegian phonology
Jumat, 2026-05-08 23:19:00

Central and Northern Norway use the retroflex consonants. Most Southern and Western dialects do not have these retroflex sounds; in these areas a guttural...

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Damin
Jumat, 2026-06-05 14:02:12

replace many of these with simpler morphology. There is no apical alveolar–retroflex distinction in Damin root words, with the apparent exception of the clicks...

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Voiced labial–palatal approximant
Jumat, 2026-05-22 23:07:30

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Kurukh Banna
Senin, 2026-05-25 02:16:59

[l] wa [w] Palatal Retroflex Alveolar Glottal Voicing ↓ Aspiration ↓ Fricative Voiceless Yes śa [ʃ] ṣa [ʂ] sa [s] ha [h] Retroflex Velar Tap/flap Fricative...

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Back vowel
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 09:49:58

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Old Telugu
Jumat, 2026-02-27 23:00:56

three-way distinction of coronal consonants which includes, alveolar, retroflex and dental stops. ḏ was originally derived from PDr post-nasal *-ṯ- and...

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Pronunciation of English /r/
Kamis, 2026-06-04 06:44:02

alveolar approximant [ɹˠ] (occurs in conservative Irish English) "Retroflex" R: retroflex approximant [ɻ] (occurs in West Country English, some American...

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Minggu, 2026-05-24 02:38:35

the orthography of the O'odham and Sicilian languages, ⟨ḍ⟩ represents a retroflex [ɖ]. This was used in a former transcription of Javanese, but has been...

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Voiceless bilabial nasal
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:16:38

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Alveolo-palatal ejective affricate
Selasa, 2026-04-21 13:29:53

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Voiced uvular trill
Jumat, 2026-04-24 21:38:55

Some dialects rrom [ʀom] 'man' Allophone of a descendant of the Indic retroflex set, so often transcribed /ɽ/. A coronal flap, approximant or trill in...

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Nasal click
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 03:16:24

click types (bilabial ʘ, dental ǀ, alveolar ǃ, lateral ǁ, palatal ǂ, and retroflex 𝼊) have nasal variants, and these are attested in four or five phonations:...

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Voiceless velar plosive
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:15:26

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Turned h with fishhook
Minggu, 2026-05-24 01:23:17

additional tail ʯ (turned h with fishhook and tail) is treated as the retroflex equivalent, a vowel-like [ʐ] with rounded lips. One possible IPA notation...

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ڷ
Senin, 2025-11-10 06:58:37

it represents the voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] similar to Kalasha's لؕ and also represents the voiced retroflex lateral flap [𝼈]. Razzaq...

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Linguolabial consonant
Kamis, 2026-04-30 03:19:09

Linguolabial Interdental Dental Denti-alveolar Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Active place Apical Laminal Subapical Dorsal Alveolo-palatal Palatal Velar...

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Guttural R
Selasa, 2026-05-19 13:00:36

Because retroflex consonants are mutations of [ɾ] and other alveolar or dental consonants, the use of a uvular rhotic means an absence of most retroflex consonants...

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Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate
Selasa, 2026-02-17 03:52:40

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Goral ethnolect
Selasa, 2026-04-14 22:47:18

Goral consonants Labial Dental/ Alveolar Retroflex (Alveolo-) palatal Velar Nasal m n ɲ Plosive voiceless p t k voiced b d ɡ Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡ʂ...

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Iniencephaly
Kamis, 2026-05-14 19:38:18

defect to the occipital bone, spina bifida of the cervical vertebrae and retroflexion (backward bending) of the head on the cervical spine. Stillbirth is the...

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Na language
Jumat, 2026-01-02 02:10:31

can be heard as [ɨ] in syllable-initial position and as retroflex [ɻ̩] when after retroflex consonants. Narua's default word order is agent–object–verb...

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List of Latin-script digraphs
Jumat, 2026-06-05 17:58:40

Arrernte, and Pitjantjatjara for a retroflex stop, /ʈ/. In Norwegian and Swedish it represents voiced retroflex plosive, [ɖ]. In Scottish Gaelic it sometimes...

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IPA vowel chart with audio
Minggu, 2026-01-11 03:39:36

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Ejective-contour click
Minggu, 2025-12-07 16:34:20

the click. All click types (alveolar ǃ, dental ǀ, lateral ǁ, palatal ǂ, retroflex 𝼊 and labial ʘ) have linguo-glottalic variants, which occur as both stops...

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Voiced velar lateral approximant
Jumat, 2026-03-06 02:14:15

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Vowel diagram
Jumat, 2026-05-08 13:00:44

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voice Quality Symbols
Kamis, 2026-02-12 02:52:20

labio-dentalized {V̺} linguo-apicalized {V̻} linguo-laminalized {V˞} retroflex {V̪} dentalized (diacritic iconic for a tooth) {V͇} alveolarized (diacritic...

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Chinese language
Senin, 2026-06-01 20:17:33

scholars agree that Old Chinese differs from Middle Chinese in lacking retroflex and palatal obstruents but having initial consonant clusters of some sort...

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Voiced bilabial implosive
Jumat, 2026-02-06 12:44:23

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiceless labial–alveolar plosive
Minggu, 2026-04-26 02:13:06

allophone of /k͡p/ before front vowels. Yele tpili [t̪͡pili] 'sea' (women's term) Contrasts voiceless labial–retroflex plosive. tp꞉ee [t̪͡pɛ̃ː] 'child'...

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Close vowel
Minggu, 2024-09-22 20:55:08

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Old Javanese
Minggu, 2026-04-19 14:22:37

phonology and the vocabulary of Old Javanese. Old Javanese also contains retroflex consonants, which might have been derived from Sanskrit. That is disputed...

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International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration
Jumat, 2026-06-05 06:34:51

an overline (often called a macron). Vocalic (syllabic) consonants, retroflexes and ṣ (/ʂ/ in Sanskrit, [ʃ] in Hindi) have an underdot. One letter has...

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Nepali phonology
Kamis, 2026-05-28 14:01:57

Typically, sounds transcribed with the retroflex symbols ⟨ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʱ, ɽ, ɳ, ɽ̃⟩ are not purely retroflex [ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʱ, ɽ, ɳ, ɽ̃] but apical postalveolar...

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Kusunda language
Rabu, 2026-04-08 21:48:46

consonants may be dental, alveolar, retroflex, or palatal: /t/ is dental [t̪] before /i/, alveolar [t͇] before /e, ə, u/, retroflex [ʈ] before /o, a/, and palatal...

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Pulmonic-contour click
Minggu, 2025-12-07 16:32:48

the click. All click types (alveolar ǃ, dental ǀ, lateral ǁ, palatal ǂ, retroflex 𝼊 and labial ʘ) have linguo-pulmonic variants, which occur as both stops...

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Close-mid central unrounded vowel
Senin, 2026-05-04 10:32:53

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Kokatha dialect
Selasa, 2025-12-30 04:08:53

stressed syllables or before a retroflex consonant as well as being heard as [ɑə̆] when emphasized before a retroflex consonant. /u/ may also be heard...

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Thaana
Senin, 2026-05-25 22:58:04

Romanization; /t/ was transcribed ⟨th⟩, as ⟨t⟩ was used for the voiceless retroflex plosive [ʈ]. The Thaana script first appeared in a Maldivian inscription...

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Sheko language
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 03:41:46

variously called "Maji" or "Dizoid". The language is notable for its retroflex consonants (Aklilu Yilma 1988), a striking feature shared with closely...

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Epsilon
Kamis, 2026-04-30 07:45:52

U+1D93 ᶓ LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN E WITH RETROFLEX HOOK U+1D94 ᶔ LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED OPEN E WITH RETROFLEX HOOK U+1D9F ᶟ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL REVERSED...

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Voiceless upper-pharyngeal plosive
Selasa, 2026-05-19 02:26:16

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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SAMPA
Kamis, 2026-03-19 15:33:37

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Ruc language
Jumat, 2026-03-13 14:29:30

Ruc initials Bilabial Dental- Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive voiceless p t̪ ʈ c k ʔ aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ implosive ɓ ɗ ʄ Fricative voiceless...

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Balinese script
Kamis, 2026-06-04 01:26:18

represent this. In general, alveolar consonants are assimilated into palatal, retroflex or labial. There are more specific descriptions in assimilation combination:...

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Near-open front unrounded vowel
Selasa, 2026-03-03 14:52:35

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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IPA Extensions
Minggu, 2025-09-28 16:08:21

alveolo-palatal fricative 182 U+0256 ɖ ɖ Latin Small Letter D with Tail Voiced retroflex plosive 106 U+0257 ɗ ɗ Latin Small Letter D with Hook Voiced alveolar...

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Labial consonant
Senin, 2026-03-09 22:30:09

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Eastern Iranian languages
Senin, 2026-04-13 10:11:35

neighbouring Eastern Iranian, as it is evident in the development in the retroflex consonants (in Pashto, Wakhi, Sanglechi, Khotanese, etc.) and aspirates...

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Slovak orthography
Rabu, 2025-12-10 18:04:02

Slovak, but only as allophones of /tʂ, dʐ, ʂ, ʐ/, which are normally retroflex, as in Polish. The following digraphs are not considered to be a part...

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Fusion (phonetics)
Senin, 2026-04-27 12:21:46

alveolar consonant. The articulation of the resulting fusion becomes retroflex. Examples include the Norwegian bart [bɑʈ] and Swedish nord [nuːɖ]. That...

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Gujarati phonology
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 08:58:46

realized as [f] in the standard dialect. The two voiced retroflex plosives /ɖʱ, ɖ/ and the retroflex nasal /ɳ/ have flapped subphonemic allophones [ɽʱ, ɽ...

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Voiceless bilabial plosive
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:15:29

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced labial–velar nasal
Rabu, 2026-05-06 22:03:22

of /ŋ/ after /u, o, ɔ/. See Vietnamese phonology Yele ngmo [ŋ͡mɔ] 'breast' Contrasts voiced labial–alveolar nasal and voiced labial–retroflex nasal....

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Tshe
Minggu, 2026-04-19 15:53:56

be confused with the letter Che (Ч ч), which represents the voiceless retroflex affricate /ʈ͡ʂ/ and also exists in Serbian Cyrillic script. The sound...

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Jarawa language (Andaman Islands)
Kamis, 2026-04-16 12:09:11

along with voiceless aspirated plosives. Nasals, trills, retroflex flap, lateral and retroflex laterals all occur in this language. There are also two...

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Phonetic Extensions Supplement
Minggu, 2026-01-11 00:02:08

Constable, Peter (2003-05-30), Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Retroflex Hook in the UCS L2/03-169R Constable, Peter (2003-06-06), Proposal to...

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Ç
Minggu, 2026-05-24 23:27:38

/ɕ/, respectively. In Tatar, ç represents /ɕ/. It also represents the retroflex flap /ɽ/ in the Rohingya Latin alphabet. Janalif uses this letter to represent...

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Plosive
Sabtu, 2025-10-18 05:28:40

alveolar plosive ⟨d⟩ voiced alveolar plosive ⟨ʈ⟩ voiceless retroflex plosive ⟨ɖ⟩ voiced retroflex plosive ⟨c⟩ voiceless palatal plosive ⟨ɟ⟩ voiced palatal...

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Lepcha language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 06:44:39

though not all, instances of retroflex consonants indicate a word is of Tibetan origin. To distinguish this retroflex sound in Lepcha script, a dot may...

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Punjabi language
Senin, 2026-05-18 00:49:07

be realised allophonically as the voiceless retroflex fricative [ʂ] in learned clusters with retroflexes. Due to its foreign origin, it is often also...

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Algiz
Senin, 2026-06-01 21:44:01

Germanic *z phoneme developed into an R sound, perhaps realized as a retroflex approximant [ɻ],[citation needed] which is usually transcribed as ʀ. This...

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Digraph (orthography)
Senin, 2026-05-04 12:11:33

to /dʐ/ (voiced retroflex affricate) ⟨rz⟩ corresponds to /ʐ/ (voiced retroflex fricative) ⟨sz⟩ corresponds to /ʂ/ (voiceless retroflex fricative) In Portuguese:...

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Vedic Sanskrit
Minggu, 2026-05-24 22:22:55

Classical Sanskrit may be observed in the phonology: Vedic had a voiced retroflex lateral approximant [ɭ] as well as its breathy-voiced counterpart [ɭʱ]...

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Old Chinese phonology
Selasa, 2026-04-28 21:59:47

generally agreed that Old Chinese differed from Middle Chinese in lacking retroflex and palatal obstruents but having initial consonant clusters of some sort...

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Delateralization
Selasa, 2026-04-07 10:46:41

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Alpha
Selasa, 2026-06-02 20:10:18

ᵅ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL ALPHA U+1D90 ᶐ LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA WITH RETROFLEX HOOK U+1D9B ᶛ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL TURNED ALPHA U+1DE7 ◌ᷧ COMBINING LATIN...

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Voiced palatal lateral approximant
Kamis, 2026-05-07 07:59:29

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Bengali language
Kamis, 2026-06-04 21:35:56

[spɔndon] "beat", etc. The letter ষ also, sometimes, retains the voiceless retroflex sibilant [ʂ] sound when used in certain consonant conjuncts as in কষ্ট...

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Open front unrounded vowel
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:31:51

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Schwa (letter)
Sabtu, 2026-04-18 02:53:57

ə̄⟩. An R-colored vowel can be represented using ⟨ɚ⟩. A schwa with a retroflex hook ⟨ᶕ⟩ is used in phonetic transcription. In the 2020s, the schwa has...

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Labial–uvular consonant
Sabtu, 2025-04-26 07:33:16

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Voice (phonetics)
Rabu, 2026-03-18 01:45:50

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Hindko
Jumat, 2026-05-29 01:36:24

retroflex lateral /ɭ/. The Awankari dialect, as spoken by Muslims (and not Hindus) and described by Bahri in the 1930s, has a distinctive retroflex lateral...

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Vṛddhi
Minggu, 2025-08-24 22:55:01

1st grade → 2nd grade Open ∅ a ā Palatal i/ī y i/ī e ay ya ai āy yā Labial u/ū v u/ū o av va au āv vā Retroflex ṛ r ṛ ar ar ra ār ār rā Dental ḷ al āl...

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Nasal vowel
Jumat, 2026-04-17 02:52:39

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Stretched C
Sabtu, 2025-03-15 08:55:24

click consonant. This sound has been labeled as alveolar, postalveolar, retroflex and palatal in different eras. ʗ was part of the International Phonetic...

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Voiceless uvular nasal
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:21:01

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Unicode
Rabu, 2026-05-27 20:52:04

comparison. By contrast, the Icelandic eth (ð), the barred D (đ) and the retroflex D (ɖ), which usually look the same in uppercase (Đ), are given the opposite...

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Proto-Quechuan language
Minggu, 2026-05-03 00:15:51

Consonant phonemes of Proto-Quechuan Bilabial Alveolar Post-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal Nasal m n ɲ Stop p t k q Affricate t͡ʃ ʈ͡ʂ...

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Eastern Khanty language
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 07:45:27

Vakh Khanty consonants Bilabial Dental Palatal/ized Retroflex Velar Nasal m n nʲ ɳ ŋ Plosive p t tʲ k Affricate tʃ Fricative s ɣ Lateral l lʲ ɭ Trill...

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Paḷḷuezu dialect
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 05:20:48

to write ḷḷ. It can be a voiceless retroflex affricate [tʂ], a voiced retroflex plosive [ɖ] or a voiced retroflex affricate [dʐ], and it corresponds to...

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Voiced pharyngeal fricative
Rabu, 2026-04-29 01:41:40

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Vowel
Kamis, 2026-05-28 02:37:00

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Lisu language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 02:29:24

syllabic [z̩] when after alveolar sibilant sounds, and as [ʐ̩] when after retroflex sibilant sounds. /ɑ/ is heard as more fronted [a] when following alveolo-palatal...

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Voiceless glottal fricative
Jumat, 2026-06-05 02:40:23

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiceless dental non-sibilant affricate
Senin, 2026-02-16 09:18:02

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Phonetic Extensions
Jumat, 2024-07-26 23:23:30

Constable, Peter (2003-05-30), Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Retroflex Hook in the UCS L2/03-169R Constable, Peter (2003-06-06), Proposal to...

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Palatalization (phonetics)
Sabtu, 2026-03-21 13:33:18

also be aspirated; contrasts with retroflex) palzd voiced dental stop [d̪ʲ] Ukrainian, Kashmiri (contrasts with retroflex), Soga (contrasts with alveolar)...

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Ashkun language
Jumat, 2026-05-22 09:19:04

nasal tap [ɳ̆], when within nasalized vowel positions, contrasting with a retroflex nasal [ɳ]. /t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ/ can have fronted allophones of [t͡s, d͡z] in free...

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Mixed Great Andamanese
Rabu, 2026-05-20 23:27:04

Consonants Labial Dental /Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Nasal m n ɲ ŋ Plosive voiceless p t ʈ tʃ k voiceless aspirated pʰ tʰ ʈʰ kʰ voiced b d ɖ dʒ...

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Pharyngeal consonant
Senin, 2026-05-18 04:07:19

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Ugric languages
Selasa, 2026-04-07 22:33:14

Permic languages), but it is possible this postcedes the emergence of retroflex *ɭ from PU *l in Khanty. Another possible counterargument is the similar...

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Open vowel
Senin, 2025-12-29 09:18:14

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Uvular lateral ejective affricate
Sabtu, 2025-10-11 20:48:13

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh
Selasa, 2026-05-12 00:56:07

represent two different series of initials: the alveolo-palatal and the retroflex sounds. Although these spellings create no ambiguity in practice, readers...

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Open-mid back unrounded vowel
Jumat, 2026-04-24 19:09:22

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Sz (digraph)
Selasa, 2026-05-05 08:30:51

fricative /ʃ/, identical to the English "sh". It corresponds to the voiceless retroflex fricative /ʂ/ in Polish. These examples are Kashubian words that use the...

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Voiced postalveolar affricate
Minggu, 2026-04-19 17:25:28

/d͡ʒ/ is commonly used to transcribe what actually is a laminal voiced retroflex affricate. Lubawa dialect Malbork dialect Ostróda dialect Warmia dialect...

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Kungkari language
Kamis, 2026-01-01 18:27:25

Peripheral Laminal Apical Labial Velar Dental Palatal Alveolar Retroflex Plosive p k t̪ c t ʈ Nasal m ŋ n̪ ɲ n ɳ Rhotic r Lateral (l̪) ʎ l ɭ Approximant...

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Close-mid central rounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-05-21 01:28:28

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Oromo language
Jumat, 2026-05-29 19:13:35

Oromo has another glottalized phone that is more unusual: a implosive retroflex stop, "dh" in Oromo orthography. This is a sound like an English "d" produced...

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Baxter's transcription for Middle Chinese
Jumat, 2026-04-24 04:48:32

follows: Notes: -r-, -y- and -h- do not represent separate segments, but retroflex, palatalized and aspirated articulation respectively of the preceding...

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Voiceless labial–uvular plosive
Rabu, 2026-05-27 05:25:03

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Areal feature
Senin, 2026-02-23 01:46:57

phonetic similarities in the Mainland Southeast Asia linguistic area. Retroflex consonants in the Burushaski, Nuristani, Dravidian, Munda, and Indo-Aryan...

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Khowar
Kamis, 2026-03-12 04:31:57

Unlike the neighboring and related Kalasha language, Khowar does not have retroflex vowels. Allophones of /x ɣ h ʋ ɾ/ are heard as sounds [χ ʁ ɦ w ɹ]. /q...

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Voiced palatal lateral fricative
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 09:57:40

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Sunuwar alphabet
Senin, 2026-06-01 22:46:11

digits. Vowel length was not written, letters could also represent their retroflex consonant equivalent, and aspirated consonants were written as digraphs...

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Voiced uvular implosive
Senin, 2026-04-27 09:13:43

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced epiglottal tap
Rabu, 2025-12-03 07:46:58

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Palatal ejective stop
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:27:26

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Palatal hook
Kamis, 2026-02-26 03:31:11

subscript letter j, and it is distinct from other IPA hooks that indicate retroflexion, implosion and rhotic vowels. Theoretically, it could be used on all...

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Table of vowels
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 07:18:42

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced bilabial nasal
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:15:27

మబ్బు/mabu [mabːu] 'cloud' Occurs as allophone of anuswara when followed by retroflex stops Thai มอมแมม / mommäm [mɔːm.mɛːm] 'shabby' See Thai phonology Toki...

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RD
Senin, 2026-04-13 01:16:18

States Department of Agriculture ‹rd›, a Latin alphabet digraph of a retroflex stop in Aboriginal Australian languages rd, an English-language ordinal...

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Syllabic consonant
Senin, 2026-05-25 04:45:39

Swedish. In all cases where the alveolar sound becomes retroflex, /n/ also becomes retroflex /ɳ/, e.g. barten ('the moustache') [ba.ʈɳ̍] (see Norwegian...

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Tamil language
Selasa, 2026-05-26 12:58:08

Tamil consonants Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Alveolo-palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m ம் (n̪) ந் n ன் ɳ ண் ɲ ஞ் (ŋ) ங் Stop/Affricate p ப் t̪ த் (trː...

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Circassian languages
Minggu, 2026-05-31 19:01:59

[kʼ], it is actually pronounced as [t͡ʃʼ] (Чӏ). Чӏ is pronounced as the retroflex [t͡ʂʼ] (Чӏъ). Цу is pronounced as [t͡ʂʷ] (Чъу). Шӏ is pronounced as [ʂʼ]...

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Bengali phonology
Minggu, 2026-05-24 03:12:50

phonetically distinct, which makes their phonemic status hard to define True retroflex (murdhonno) consonants are not found in Bengali. They are apical postalveolar...

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Rajbanshi language (Nepal)
Jumat, 2026-06-05 22:41:28

as alveolar [n] before an alveolar consonant, and as a retroflex [ɳ] when preceding a retroflex consonant. A word-final /r/ may tend to be voiceless [r̥]...

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Open-mid front rounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-04-30 00:20:44

variants as allophones of the phonemes /ø øː/, lowered before /r/ and any retroflex segment; long [øː œː] are marked as 'lower-mid' and short [ø œ] are marked...

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Rakhshani dialect
Selasa, 2026-05-05 03:17:32

Consonants in Western Balochi Dialects Labial Dental/ Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive/ Affricate voiceless p t t̥ č k voiced b d d̥ J̌...

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Akabea
Jumat, 2026-03-27 23:33:40

Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Plosive voiceless p t ʈ k aspirated tʰ voiced b d ɖ ɡ Affricate voiceless tʃ voiced dʒ Nasal m n ɲ ŋ ŋʲ...

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Dorsal consonant
Sabtu, 2026-01-03 00:00:33

the tip of the tongue can curl back to also contact the hard palate for retroflex consonants (subapical-palatal), consonants produced by contact between...

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Malenadu
Jumat, 2026-05-29 17:00:05

two different meanings depending on pronunciation. Malē (without the retroflex 'ḷ') means ‘mountain,’ and when combined with Nadu (‘land’), it gives...

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Keres language
Selasa, 2026-03-31 00:33:55

/ʃ/ occurs as C1, it combines with alveolar and palatal C2, whereas the retroflex alveolar /ʂ/ precedes bilabial and velar C2s, which suggest a complementary...

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Tulu language
Rabu, 2026-06-03 09:34:25

characterized by its rounding of front vowels when between a labial and a retroflex consonant, e.g., PD. ∗peṇ > Tamil peṇ, Kannada heṇṇu, Tulu poṇṇu, this...

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Voiced velar plosive
Rabu, 2026-05-27 06:06:00

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Glottal consonant
Senin, 2026-05-18 10:13:26

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced labiodental affricate
Senin, 2026-01-26 18:45:04

Mandarin dialects 脊椎 jǐ zhuī [tɕi⁵⁵b̪͡ve²⁴] 'backbone' The labialized retroflex fricatives and affricates [ʂʷ, tʂʷ, tʂʰʷ](sometimes including [ʐʷ~ɻʷ])...

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Voiced dental non-sibilant affricate
Senin, 2026-02-16 09:19:07

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Tenuis alveolar click
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 03:05:55

IPA number 178 Encoding Entity (decimal) ǃ​ʗ Unicode (hex) U+01C3 U+0297 Braille Unicode character name for ǃ is LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK...

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Open-mid central unrounded vowel
Rabu, 2026-04-01 19:31:20

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiceless dental and alveolar nasals
Senin, 2026-04-20 02:16:29

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced velar affricate
Senin, 2026-01-26 18:36:56

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Polish phonology
Rabu, 2026-05-27 07:05:30

/t͡ʂ, d͡ʐ, ʂ, ʐ/ as alveolar in older sources. They may be described as retroflex [t͡ʂ, d͡ʐ, ʂ, ʐ] to indicate that they are not palatalized laminal postalveolar...

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Sh (digraph)
Sabtu, 2026-02-14 04:30:04

Chinese, including pinyin and Wade-Giles, sh represents the voiceless retroflex fricative [ʂ]. In the Hepburn romanization of Japanese, sh represents...

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Devanagari
Selasa, 2026-06-02 01:27:38

(IPA: [ɭ] or [ɭ̆]), the intervocalic lateral flap allophone of the voiced retroflex stop in Vedic Sanskrit, which is a phoneme in languages such as Marathi...

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Guambiano language
Rabu, 2026-04-22 22:00:24

Consonants Bilabial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Nasal m n ɲ Plosive p t k Affricate ts tʂ tʃ Fricative s ʂ ʃ Liquid r, l ʎ Semivowel w j...

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Voiced bilabial fricative
Kamis, 2026-06-04 02:32:32

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Voiceless bilabial implosive
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:28:11

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Alveolar ejective affricate
Minggu, 2026-04-26 02:08:32

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Guttural
Senin, 2026-05-25 06:02:56

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Czech phonology
Senin, 2026-02-02 01:33:21

Sibilants /ʃ ʒ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ are laminal post-alveolars (usually not considered retroflex). The approximant /l/ is mainly pronounced apico-alveolar, although a...

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Epiglottal plosive
Jumat, 2026-04-24 07:41:04

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Worrorra language
Senin, 2026-04-20 22:00:13

Worrorra consonant phonemes Bilabial Inter- dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Stop p t̪ t ʈ c k Nasal m n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ Rhotic ɾ~r Lateral l ɭ ʎ Approximant...

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Proto-Austronesian language
Sabtu, 2026-04-25 21:24:02

palatal affricate *q: uvular stop *z: voiced palatal affricate *D: voiced retroflex stop *j: palatalized voiced velar stop *S: voiceless alveolar sibilant...

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Northeastern Katë dialect
Senin, 2026-01-12 02:56:54

Labial Dental/ Alveolar Palato- alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive voiceless p t ʈ k voiced b d ɖ ɡ Affricate voiceless t͡s t͡ʃ t͡ʂ t͡ɕ...

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Phonetics
Sabtu, 2026-05-02 20:39:42

apical post-alveolar sounds are also described as retroflex. Typical examples of sub-apical retroflex stops are commonly found in Dravidian languages,...

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Taiwanese Mandarin
Rabu, 2026-06-03 20:29:16

compared to Putonghua, the lack of the erhua phenomenon, and the lack of retroflex consonants (with zh-, ch-, sh- being pronounced like z-, c-, and s-) in...

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Burushaski
Jumat, 2026-06-05 06:43:35

Indo-Aryan migration to South Asia, mentioning the fact that both possess retroflex sounds. Mueezuddin Hakal (2022) argues that Burushaski preserves a primary...

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Indosphere
Senin, 2026-04-27 10:46:07

involving verbal auxiliaries. Languages of the Indosphere typically display retroflex stop consonants, postsentential relative clauses and the extended grammaticalization...

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Ž
Selasa, 2026-05-26 00:01:08

letter represents a voiced postalveolar fricative /ʒ/ or a similar voiced retroflex fricative /ʐ/. In Polish, the corresponding letter is Ż/ż. It is the 32nd...

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Thura-Yura languages
Senin, 2026-02-02 22:43:22

(2004): Spelling conventions alveolar tap: r alveolar trill: rr retroflex glide: ṟ retroflex tap: rd indeterminate rhotic: R Wiktionary has a list of reconstructed...

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Nasal release
Jumat, 2025-11-21 18:18:38

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Creaky-voiced glottal approximant
Jumat, 2026-05-08 23:10:53

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Keonthali dialect
Minggu, 2026-04-19 17:17:37

Place/Manner Bilabial Labio-Dental Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Stops unaspirated p b t d ʈ ɖ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ k g Stops aspirated pʰ bʱ tʰ dʱ ʈʰ ɖʱ...

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Sharanawa language
Jumat, 2026-01-02 06:04:45

Sharanawa consonants Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Stop p t k Affricate ts tʃ Fricative ɸ s ʃ2 ʂ2 h1 Nasal m n Approximant...

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Ubykh phonology
Jumat, 2026-05-29 18:26:14

have traditionally been called "postalveolar", "alveolo-palatal", and "retroflex", respectively, and have been transcribed with their associated symbols...

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Sena language
Jumat, 2025-12-12 00:50:59

(2005) and in Kiso (2012). Labialized sounds /sʷ, zʷ/ can also be heard as retroflex [ʂ, ʐ] among different speakers. /ɗ/ is heard as palatalized [ɗʲ] when...

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Voiced dental and alveolar implosives
Jumat, 2026-02-06 12:35:56

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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D with stroke (disambiguation)
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:48:53

Icelandic, Faroese, and Old English African D (Ɖ, ɖ), representing a voiced retroflex plosive sound Tau gallicum (Ꟈ, ꟈ), used in Gaulish Other uses: Dogecoin...

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Tenuis lateral click
Sabtu, 2026-01-10 03:06:08

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Close-mid front rounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-05-21 01:26:28

variants as allophones of the phonemes /ø øː/, lowered before /r/ and any retroflex segment; long [øː œː] are marked as 'lower-mid' and short [ø œ] are marked...

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Glottalized click
Jumat, 2026-04-10 00:30:58

click types (bilabial ʘ, dental ǀ, alveolar ǃ, lateral ǁ, palatal ǂ, and retroflex 𝼊) have glottalized variants. They are very common: All of the Khoisan...

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Kondekor language
Selasa, 2026-01-06 21:54:17

Consonants Labial Dental/ Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Nasal m n̪ ɳ ŋ Plosive/ Affricate voiceless p t̪ ʈ t͡ʃ k voiced b d̪ ɖ d͡ʒ ɡ Fricative voiceless...

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Urhobo language
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 22:19:58

realizations as alveolar or retroflex, and can be articulated as approximants [ɹ̥, ɹ, ɻ̊, ɻ], or taps [ɾ̥, ɾ, ɽ̊, ɽ]. A retroflex lateral flap [ɭ̆] can also...

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Voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate
Kamis, 2026-05-21 23:32:36

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Rolled R
Jumat, 2026-02-06 12:49:12

flap, a consonant written as ⟨ɾ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet Retroflex trill, a consonant written as ⟨ɽ͡r⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

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Corsican language
Jumat, 2026-06-05 06:35:18

which have the retroflex [ɖ] sound (written -dd-) for historical -ll-; along the Southern line, the dialects of Ajaccio (retroflex -dd-, realized as...

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Malayalam
Rabu, 2026-06-03 21:47:57

Malayalam become "B" in these districts as in Kannada. Also the Voiced retroflex approximant (/ɻ/) which is seen in both Tamil and the standard form of...

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International Phonetic Association
Kamis, 2026-04-23 12:15:51

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Ch (digraph)
Kamis, 2026-04-02 23:34:03

Standard Mandarin, ch is used in pinyin to represent the aspirated voiceless retroflex affricate /tʂʰ/. In Japanese, ch is used in Hepburn to represent the chi...

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Chimborazo Highland Quichua
Rabu, 2026-05-27 00:54:42

Chimborazo Kichwa consonants Bilabial Dental Alveolar Post-alv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Nasal m n ɲ (ŋ) Stop voiceless p t k aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ...

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Voiced alveolar fricative
Kamis, 2026-05-21 07:57:30

Inter- dental Dental Denti- alveolar Alveolar Post-alveolar Retracted Retroflex Palato- alveolar Alveolo- palatal Sibilant z̪ z̟ z͇ z̠ ʐ ʒ ʑ Non-sibilant...

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Open central unrounded vowel
Senin, 2026-05-04 00:13:47

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Russian phonology
Minggu, 2026-05-10 04:12:10

alveolo-palatal consonant and retroflex consonant. /ʂ/ and /ʐ/ are somewhat concave apical postalveolar. They may be described as retroflex, e.g. by Hamann (2004)...

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Front vowel
Kamis, 2026-02-19 23:14:44

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Hazaragi dialects
Senin, 2026-03-02 11:29:59

the labial–velar approximant /w/. Unlike in other Persian dialects, the retroflex stops /ʈ/ and /ɖ/ are found. The voiceless glottal fricative /h/ is often...

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Ṭa
Minggu, 2026-01-11 05:30:02

letter after having gone through the Gupta letter . As with the other retroflex consonants, ṭa is absent from most scripts not used for a language of...

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Close-mid front unrounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-04-30 15:59:36

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Distinctive feature
Selasa, 2026-02-10 06:14:33

of the alveolar ridge. Dental consonants are [+ant], postalveolar and retroflex ones are [−ant]. [+/− distributed]: For [+dist] segments the tongue is...

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Trilled affricate
Minggu, 2025-12-28 11:07:39

ɳɖ], or standard affricates, [ʈʂ ɳʈʂ ɖʐ ɳɖʐ]. Similarly, the trilled retroflex affricates [ʈɽ̝̊ ʈɽ̝̊ʰ ɖɽ̝ ᶯɖɽ̝] have been reported to occur in Baima...

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Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman
Jumat, 2026-05-29 18:01:10

inconsistent about anusvara, visarga, notation of double consonants and the ḷ retroflex. These and other errors may reflect an influence of the less formal epic-vernacular...

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Velar lateral ejective affricate
Rabu, 2025-10-29 04:31:55

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Stiff voice
Kamis, 2026-05-07 00:05:12

is Thai: Javanese contrasts stiff and slack voiced bilabial, dental, retroflex, and velar stops. Mpi (Loloish) contrasts modals and stiff voice in its...

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Maung language
Kamis, 2026-01-01 19:22:18

the alveolar flap, and Singer the retroflex flap. (In a minor difference, both describe the approximant as retroflex, whereas Capell describes it as alveolar...

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Open back rounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-06-04 06:37:59

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Karlgren–Li reconstruction of Middle Chinese
Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:09:24

also recast Karlgren's alveolar dentals as retroflex, citing the similar distribution shown by the retroflex affricates. Most scholars now believe that...

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Voiceless alveolo-palatal fricative
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 21:19:06

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Voiced uvular plosive
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 08:19:34

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Close-mid back unrounded vowel
Kamis, 2026-02-19 17:18:19

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Mid central vowel
Rabu, 2026-06-03 05:02:22

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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African Reference Alphabet
Selasa, 2026-05-26 02:39:14

represent either palatal stops or postalveolar affricates. ɖ, ʈ are the retroflex stops, as in the IPA. ƒ, ʋ represent bilabial fricatives. ө is a dental...

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Resh
Kamis, 2026-06-04 06:40:32

Pashto alphabet, a variant of the letter rāʾ uses a ring below for the retroflex consonant [ɭ̆~ɽ] and another uses dots above and below the tail for the...

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Bilabial ejective fricative
Rabu, 2025-12-03 08:18:30

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Ulster English
Kamis, 2026-06-04 06:40:54

retention of /r/ in all positions. /r/ is typically realised as a voiced retroflex approximant [ɻ]. Some rural speakers may allophonically use an alveolar...

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Velar consonant
Jumat, 2026-05-22 23:04:05

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Judeo-Urdu
Sabtu, 2026-05-30 05:22:56

representation of unique sounds found in Indo-Aryan languages, such as retroflex consonants as well as aspirated consonants, were not represented by unique...

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Cantonese phonology
Kamis, 2026-05-21 02:05:59

with most Cantonese alveolo-palatal sibilants corresponding to Mandarin retroflex sibilants. For instance: The merged phoneme shows might be pronounced...

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Anthropos phonetic alphabet
Rabu, 2026-02-04 00:39:42

geal Epi- glottal Glottal Bilabial Labio- dental Inter- dental Alveolar Retroflex Pre- velar Velar Uvular Plosive voiceless p t̯ t ṭ c k̯ k ḳ ʼ voiced b...

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Ř
Minggu, 2026-05-24 03:08:06

variously pronounced as a long trill [rr], a uvular trill [ʀ], or a retroflex tap [ɽ] or approximant [ɻ]. Ř is a letter used in some varieties of Piemontese...

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Voiced labial–alveolar nasal
Rabu, 2026-05-20 10:52:15

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Yele ńmo [n̪͡mɔ] "bird" Contrasts voiced labial–retroflex nasal and voiced labial–velar nasal....

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Voiced dental and alveolar plosives
Selasa, 2026-05-12 19:51:07

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Zhe with breve
Senin, 2026-05-18 22:34:46

alphabet (Zhe alone represented, and still represents, [ʐ], the voiced retroflex fricative). In its modern usage, Zhe with breve corresponds in other Cyrillic...

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Voiced velar fricative
Kamis, 2026-05-28 18:13:38

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced dental and alveolar lateral approximants
Kamis, 2026-05-14 04:13:00

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Dental fricative
Kamis, 2024-11-28 20:46:45

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Brahvi language
Senin, 2026-06-01 23:34:35

addition to its long counterpart. Brahvi consonants show patterns of retroflexion but lack the aspiration distinctions found in surrounding languages and...

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Voiceless uvular implosive
Minggu, 2026-03-08 06:54:36

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Tenuis palatal click
Kamis, 2026-02-19 00:02:37

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Relative articulation
Selasa, 2026-05-19 23:52:22

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Marathi phonology
Rabu, 2026-04-22 16:54:54

Spoken Marathi in Marathwada-Vidarbha regions frequently simplifies the retroflexes /ɳ/, and /ʂ/ to /n/ and /s/; for example, आणि (āṇi, 'and') will be pronounced...

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Voiced glottal fricative
Jumat, 2026-06-05 02:44:53

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Voiceless labial–palatal fricative
Sabtu, 2026-01-31 08:12:25

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Frenulum of the tongue
Kamis, 2024-08-22 12:18:38

– hatha yoga severing of the lingual frenulum to allow the tongue to retroflex to awaken spiritual energy Lingual frenectomy e.g. William Trevor, The...

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X
Rabu, 2026-05-27 11:11:21

the differing usage in three different Cushitic languages: Afar: voiced retroflex plosive /ɖ/ Oromo: alveolar ejective /tʼ/ Somali: voiceless pharyngeal...

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Nun (letter)
Senin, 2026-05-18 14:34:17

yaktub ("he writes") → نَحْنُ نَكْتُب naḥnu naktub ("we write"). It is retroflex nasal consonantal sound in some languages. Its symbol in the International...

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Standard Chinese
Senin, 2026-06-01 22:28:52

sibilants, retroflexes and velars, which never occur in this position. The [ɹ̩] final, which occurs only after dental sibilant and retroflex initials,...

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Close back unrounded vowel
Senin, 2026-04-27 03:52:15

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Open back unrounded vowel
Selasa, 2026-05-05 03:43:13

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Lhowa language
Kamis, 2026-01-01 18:30:55

Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal Plosive p b t d ʈ ɖ k g ʔ pʰ tʰ ʈʰ kʰ Fricative s (z) (ʃ) h ɦ Affricate t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ...

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Uvular ejective stop
Senin, 2026-01-26 19:27:31

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Romani language
Selasa, 2026-06-02 06:49:22

of medial t d to l, of short a to e, initial kh to x, rhoticization of retroflex ḍ, ṭ, ḍḍ, ṭṭ, ḍh etc. to r and ř, and shift of inflectional -a to -o....

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Alveolar stop
Jumat, 2025-09-12 03:14:02

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Eelam
Rabu, 2026-06-03 13:16:01

not clearly known, and there are number of conflicting theories. The retroflex approximant ḻ in īḻam is a characteristic phoneme for Dravidian languages...

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Labiodental consonant
Minggu, 2026-04-12 22:51:19

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Palatal lateral ejective affricate
Jumat, 2025-10-03 07:04:51

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Triphalangeal thumb
Minggu, 2026-05-31 09:50:19

genetics, plastic surgery Differential diagnosis Radial dysplasia (without retroflexion) Treatment Surgical relocation and removal of the extra phalange of the...

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Maldivian phonology
Jumat, 2026-03-27 18:49:38

inventory shows an opposition of long and short vowels, of dental and retroflex consonants as well as single and geminate consonants. [æː] is developed...

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Close front unrounded vowel
Jumat, 2026-05-15 00:23:04

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiceless velar affricate
Kamis, 2026-03-19 01:01:47

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Tswa–Ronga languages
Rabu, 2023-12-27 09:17:49

example, it contains a specific grapheme indicating retroflex or "cerebral" consonants, such as the retroflex ejective affricate occurring here in Pai: "Ethnologue...

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Voiceless pharyngeal fricative
Selasa, 2026-05-12 19:53:52

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Brahmi script
Jumat, 2026-05-08 12:07:19

phonetic retroflex feature that appears among Prakrit dental stops, such as ḍ, and in Brahmi the symbols of the retroflex and non-retroflex consonants...

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Near-close vowel
Minggu, 2026-02-08 22:00:54

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Wardaman language
Jumat, 2025-08-01 22:20:39

in the area. The alveolars may add a slight retroflex onglide to a following vowel, and the retroflexes may assimilate alveolars in the same word. Nonetheless...

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Shixing language
Jumat, 2026-05-22 23:14:23

Alveolar Postalveolar Velar Uvular Glottal plain sibilant Palato- alveolar Retroflex Alveolo- palatal Nasal voiceless m̥ n̥ ɲ̊2 ŋ̊2 voiced m n ɲ ŋ Plosive/...

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Zapotec languages
Sabtu, 2026-02-21 01:59:43

the existence or not of a contrast between alveopalatal fricatives and retroflex fricatives. Innovative varieties have introduced the contrast while conservative...

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Voiced alveolar lateral affricate
Jumat, 2026-05-08 23:14:51

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Marringarr language
Selasa, 2026-03-17 02:44:36

position of voiceless consonants. /t, d, l/ are often be realized as retroflex [ʈ, ɖ, ɭ] when following a non-front vowel. /t̪/ may also be heard as...

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Voiceless dental fricative
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 05:16:10

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Proto-Australian language
Jumat, 2026-03-06 00:40:50

Labial Alveolar Retroflex Laminal Velar Stop p t ʈ t̪     c k Nasal m n ɳ ɲ ŋ Lateral l ɭ Trill r Approximant w ɻ j...

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Voiceless dental and alveolar plosives
Jumat, 2026-06-05 04:06:47

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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D with stroke
Minggu, 2026-05-24 01:22:58

Universidad DE Guadalajara. A lowercase ⟨đ⟩ appeared alongside a lowercase retroflex D in a 1982 revision of the African reference alphabet. This revision...

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Wanka Quechua
Rabu, 2026-05-06 23:13:30

be heard as velar [ŋ] when in other environments. /ʃ/ can be heard as retroflex [ʂ] in free variation. /k/ can be heard as [ɡ] when in intervocalic positions...

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Pashto
Rabu, 2026-05-06 04:15:25

adpositions—prepositions, postpositions, and circumpositions.[citation needed] *The retroflex rhotic or lateral, tends to be a lateral flap [𝼈] at the beginning of...

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Rajasthani languages
Senin, 2026-05-25 02:47:45

Hindi. Use of retroflex consonants The phonetic characteristics of Vedic Sanskrit, surviving in Rajasthani language, is the series of "retroflex" or "cerebral"...

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Near-close near-front unrounded vowel
Sabtu, 2026-05-09 11:37:05

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Burmese language
Rabu, 2026-06-03 23:44:04

final nasals: ⟨မ်⟩ /m/, ⟨န်⟩ /n/, ⟨ဉ်⟩ /ɲ/, ⟨င်⟩ /ŋ/, as well as the retroflex ⟨ဏ⟩ /ɳ/ (used in Pali loans) and nasalisation mark anusvara demonstrated...

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Tat language (Caucasus)
Rabu, 2026-05-06 22:49:00

and occurs as velar [k] elsewhere. Sounds /ʒ, d͡ʒ/ can also be heard as retroflex sounds [ʐ, d͡ʐ]. A back-unrounded vowel /ɯ/, can also appear, but only...

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Tecóatl Mazatec
Jumat, 2026-05-22 09:25:47

Labial Alveolar Palatal Retroflex Velar Glottal Plosive t k ʔ Affricate ts tʃ tʂ Fricative s ʃ h Nasal m n ɲ Rhotic r Approximant l j w...

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Voiced palatal lateral affricate
Jumat, 2026-01-30 13:41:04

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Cursive forms of the International Phonetic Alphabet
Minggu, 2026-03-22 09:13:15

⟨ʗ⟩ are now ⟨ǀ⟩, ⟨ǁ⟩, and ⟨ǃ⟩; ⟨ɩ⟩ and ⟨ɷ⟩ are now ⟨ɪ⟩ and ⟨ʊ⟩; and the retroflex hook ⟨◌̢⟩ for r-colored vowels is now a rhotic hook ⟨◌˞⟩. Hover over the...

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Kota language (India)
Kamis, 2026-01-01 18:26:19

variation with /t͡ʃ/ and /d͡ʒ/. [ʂ] occurs as an allophone of /s/ before retroflexes. Kota at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) Atlas of...

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Slack voice
Senin, 2026-02-16 10:34:36

following vowel. Javanese contrasts slack and stiff voiced bilabial, dental, retroflex, and velar stops. Parauk contrasts slack voicing in its vowels. The contrast...

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Voiceless epiglottal fricative
Selasa, 2026-05-19 12:52:00

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced alveolar lateral flap
Jumat, 2026-06-05 11:53:25

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiceless palatal lateral affricate
Rabu, 2026-01-28 13:55:32

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Postalveolar fricative
Rabu, 2025-04-02 11:54:27

The voiced postalveolar non-sibilant fricative, IPA: ⟨ɹ̠˔⟩ The voiced retroflex fricative, IPA: ⟨ʐ⟩ The voiced alveolo-palatal fricative, IPA: ⟨ʑ⟩ The...

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Adyghe phonology
Jumat, 2026-02-20 15:46:15

consonants. Adyghe is phonologically more complex than Kabardian, having the retroflex consonants and their labialized forms. Adyghe exhibits a large number...

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Voiceless velar fricative
Sabtu, 2026-05-16 03:04:37

Nasal n͡m Labial–alveolar ɳ͡m Labial–retroflex ŋ͡m Labial–velar Plosive t͡p d͡b Labial–alveolar ʈ͡p ɖ͡b Labial–retroflex k͡p ɡ͡b Labial–velar q͡ʡ Uvular–epiglottal...

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Voiced dental fricative
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 09:48:53

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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List of Unicode characters
Jumat, 2026-06-05 15:40:47

Latin Small Letter T with hook U+01AE Ʈ 430 Latin Capital Letter T with retroflex hook U+01AF Ư 431 Latin Capital Letter U with horn U+01B0 ư 432 Latin...

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Klingon language
Sabtu, 2026-06-06 01:47:08

other languages. The effect is mainly achieved by the use of a number of retroflex and uvular consonants in the language's inventory. Klingon has twenty-one...

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Voiceless uvular fricative
Senin, 2026-06-01 11:34:03

↓ Bi­labial Labio­dental Linguo­labial Dental Alveolar Post­alveolar Retro­flex (Alve­olo-)​palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal Glottal Nasal...

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Kongu Tamil
Senin, 2026-06-01 11:55:06

of the alveolar ற - Tra/Dra (as in the English word track) instead of retroflex T/D (ட) of standard Tamil. For example, 'ennuDaiya' (mine) of standard...

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Sotho language
Senin, 2026-02-23 06:38:33

that in the Sotho–Tswana languages /l/ was originally pronounced as a retroflex flap [ɽ] before the two close vowels. Sesotho makes a three-way distinction...

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