The 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 ⟨ɽ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r`
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Voiced retroflex flap | |||
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ɽ | |||
IPA Number | 125 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ɽ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+027D | ||
X-SAMPA | r` | ||
Braille | |||
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Features of the voiced retroflex flap:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Bengali | গাড়ি | [ɡäɽiː] | 'car' | Apical postalveolar. See Bengali phonology | |
Dutch | North Brabant | riem | [ɽim] | 'belt' | A rare word-initial variant of /r/. Realization of /r/ varies considerably among dialects. See Dutch phonology |
Northern Netherlands | |||||
Elfdalian | luv | [ɽʏːv] | 'permission' | ||
Enga | yála | [jɑɽɑ] | 'shame' | ||
Gokana | bele | [beːɽeː] | 'we' | Apical postalveolar. Allophone of /l/, 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 [l] instead. | |
Hausa | bara | [bəɽä] | 'servant' | Represented in Arabic script with ⟨ر⟩ | |
Hindustani | Hindi | बड़ा | [bəɽäː] | 'big' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. See Hindustani phonology |
Urdu | بڑا | ||||
Nepali | भाडा | [bʱäɽä] | 'rent' | Apical postalveolar; postvocalic allophone of /ɖ, ɖʱ/. See Nepali phonology | |
Norwegian | Central dialects | blad | [bɽɑː] | 'leaf' | Allophone of /l/ and /r/. In Urban East Norwegian it often alternates with the alveolar [ɾ], save for a small number of words. See Norwegian phonology |
Eastern dialects | |||||
Odia | ଗାଡ଼ି | [ɡäɽiː] | 'car' | Apical postalveolar; postvocalic allophone of /ɖ, ɖʱ/. | |
Okinawan | karatii | [kaɽatii] | 'karate' | Intervocalic allophone of /ɾ/. | |
Portuguese | Some European speakers | falar | [fɐˈläɽ] | 'to speak' | Allophone of /ɾ/. See Portuguese phonology |
Brazilian caipira speakers | madeira | [mäˈd̪eɽə] | 'wood' | ||
Some sertanejo speakers | gargalhar | [ɡäɽɡäˈʎäɽ] | 'to guffaw' | ||
Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਘੋੜਾ | [gʱòːɽaː] | 'horse' | |
Shahmukhi | گھوڑا | ||||
Scottish Gaelic | Lewis | thuirt | [hʉɽʈ] | 'said' | Possible realisation of /rˠ/. |
Shipibo | roro | [ˈɽo̽ɽo̽] | 'to break' | Apical postalveolar; possible realization of /r/. | |
Swedish | Some dialects | blad | [bɽɑː(d)] | 'leaf' | Allophone of /l/ and /ɖ/. See Swedish phonology |
Tamil | நாடு | [naːɽɯ] | 'country' | Intervocalic and word-medial allophone of /ʈ/. See Tamil phonology | |
Telugu | గోడు | [goːɽu] | 'grief' | Allophone of /ɖ/ | |
Tukano | Ye’pâ-Masa | petâ-de | [pɛ̀ɛ̥̀táɽɛ᷆] | '(relative to the) port' | Realisation of ⟨d⟩ in certain positions. Nasalised [ɽ͂] in nasal contexts. |
Wapishana | [pɨɖaɽɨ] | 'your father' | |||
Warlpiri | jarda | [caɽa] | 'sleep' | Transcribes /ɽ/ as rd. | |
Yidiny | [gambi:ɽ] | 'tablelands' |
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