- Retroflex flap
The retroflex flap is a type of
consonant al sound, used in some spokenlanguage s. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is IPA|ɽ, and the equivalentX-SAMPA symbol is r`.Toda has a
retroflex trill , which is transcribed with the same IPA symbol.Features
Features of the retroflex fl
* Its
manner of articulation is flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator is thrown against another.
* Itsplace of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue curled up, but more generally means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized.
* Itsphonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
* It is anoral consonant , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
* It is acentral consonant , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
* Theairstream mechanism ispulmonic egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of thelung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from theglottis or the mouth.Occurrence
ee also
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