Voiced retroflex nasal

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 Template:Angbr IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n`.

Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of an en (the letter used for the corresponding alveolar consonant). It is similar to Template:Angbr IPA, the letter for the palatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to Template:Angbr IPA, the letter for the velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.

Features

Features of the voiced retroflex nasal: Template:Nasal stop Template:Retroflex Template:Voiced Template:Nasal Template:Central articulation Template:Pulmonic

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Banglali<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>					Rare; occurs in the extreme western dialects
Enindhilyagwa		lang}}	main}}	'snake'
Faroese		lang}}	main}}	'eagle'
Hindi		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'cold'
Kannada		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'dam'
Khanty	Eastern dialects	{{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}	'large'
	Some northern dialects
Malayalam<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'jaw'
Marathi		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'arrow'	Often realized as a flap in intervocalic and word-final positions. See Marathi phonology
Nepali		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'egg'	See Nepali phonology
Norwegian		lang}}	Template:Audio-IPA	'yarn'	See Norwegian phonology
Odia		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'old'
Pashto		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	Template:Audio-IPA	'Attan'
Punjabi	Gurmukhi	lang}}/Template:Transliteration	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}	'old'
	Shahmukhi	lang}}/Template:Transliteration
Scottish Gaelic	LewisTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'hell'	main}}.
Swedish	Central Standard<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	Template:Audio-IPA	'yarn'	See Swedish phonology
Tamil<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'neck'	See Tamil phonology
Telugu		lang}}/Template:Transliteration	main}}	'murmur'	Occurs as allophone of anuswara when followed by Voiced retroflex plosives.
Vietnamese<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>		lang}}	main}}	'you pay'	main}} before {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in Saigon dialect. See Vietnamese phonology

Voiced retroflex nasal flap

Features

Features of the retroflex nasal tap or flap:

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Hindi	lang}} Template:Transliteration	main}}	Template:Gloss	main}} when not in clusters
Ndrumbea<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}	'to run'	main}} before a nasal vowel
KangriTemplate:Sfn	lang}}	main}}	Template:Gloss

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

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External links

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