A voiced retroflex flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , a letter r with a tail.
Features Features of a voiced retroflex flap:
Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning NotesBengali 'car' Apical postalveolar. See Bengali phonologyDutch North Brabant 'belt' A rare word-initial variant of . Realization of varies considerably among dialects. See Dutch phonology Northern NetherlandsElfdalian 'permission' Enga 'shame' Gokana 'we' Apical postalveolar. Allophone of , medially between vowels within the morpheme, and finally in the morpheme before a following vowel in the same word. It can be a postalveolar trill or simply instead. Hausa 'servant' Represented in Arabic script with Hindustani Hindi 'big' Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. See Hindustani phonology Urdu Kashmiri 'boy' Nepali 'rent' Apical postalveolar; postvocalic allophone of . See Nepali phonology Norwegian Central dialects klorte [ˈkʰɽûːʈə̌] 'scratched' Allophone of and . In Urban East Norwegian it often alternates with the alveolar , save for a small number of words. See Norwegian phonology Eastern dialects Odia 'car' Apical postalveolar; postvocalic allophone of . Parkari Koli 'desolate, deserted' Portuguese Some European speakersLista das marcas dialetais e ouros fenómenos de variação (fonética e fonológica) identificados nas amostras do Arquivo Dialetal do CLUP 'to speak' Allophone of . See Portuguese phonology Brazilian caipira speakers Acoustic-phonetic characteristics of the Brazilian Portuguese's retroflex /r/: data from respondents in Pato Branco, Paraná . Irineu da Silva Ferraz. Pages 19–21 Syllable coda /r/ in the "capital" of the paulista hinterland: sociolinguistic analysis . Cândida Mara Britto LEITE. Page 111 (page 2 in the attached PDF) 'wood' Some sertanejo speakers Rhotic consonants in the speech of three municipalities of Rio de Janeiro: Petrópolis, Itaperuna and Paraty . Pages 22 and 23. 'to guffaw' Punjabi Gurmukhi 'horse' Shahmukhi Scottish Gaelic Lewis 'said' Possible realisation of . Shipibo 'to break' Apical postalveolar; possible realization of . Swedish Some dialects '[a] flag' Allophone of retroflexed () and (single) , the former especially after labials, velars or long vowels. See Swedish phonology Tamil / 'country' Intervocalic and word-medial allophone of . See Tamil phonology Telugu 'grief' Allophone of .TukanoYe’pâ-Masapetâ-de'(relative to the) port'Realisation of in certain positions. Nasalised in nasal contexts.Wapishana 'your father' Warlpiri 'sleep' Transcribes as .Yidiny 'tablelands'
Voiced retroflex nasal flap
Features Features of a retroflex nasal tap or flap:
Occurrence LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes Hindi Allophone of when not in clusters Ndrumbea'to run'Allophone of before a nasal vowel KangriContrasts with .
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