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Subapical retroflex plosive. A retroflex (/ ˈ r ɛ t r ə f l ɛ k s,-r oʊ-/), apico-domal, or cacuminal [citation needed] (/ k ə ˈ k juː m ɪ n əl /) consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled shape, and is articulated between the alveolar ridge and the hard palate.
Pages in category "Retroflex consonants" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. ... Voiceless retroflex trill This page was last ...
1.3.3.2 Retroflex consonants. 1.4 Dorsal consonants. ... This is a list of all the consonants which have a dedicated letter in the International Phonetic Alphabet, ...
The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʂ which is a Latin letter s combined with a retroflex hook. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA letter is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook to the bottom of s (the letter used for the corresponding alveolar consonant). A distinction can be made ...
The voiced retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɳ , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n` .
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 ridge or with the hard palate (hence retroflex), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant).
The voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, ꞎ , [ 1 ] is overtly supported by the extIPA .
The normal rhotic consonant (r-sound) in American English is a retroflex approximant [ɻ] (the equivalent in British English is a postalveolar approximant [ɹ]). Retroflex rhotics of various sorts, especially approximants and flaps occur commonly in the world's languages.