The voiced retroflex flap is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
r`.
Features
Features of the voiced retroflex flap:
Occurrence
See also
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Index of phonetics articles
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* Acoustic phonetics
* Active articulator
* Affricate
* Airstream mechanism
* Alexander John Ellis
* Alexander Melville Bell
* Alfred C. Gimson
* Allophone
* Alveolar approximant ()
* Alveolar click ()
* Alveolar consonant
* Alveolar ejecti ...
Notes
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Retroflex consonants
Tap and flap consonants
Pulmonic consonants
Oral consonants
Central consonants