Voiced alveolar approximant
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A voiced alveolar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is Template:Angbr IPA, a lowercase letter r rotated 180 degrees.
Features

Features of a voiced alveolar approximant:
Template:Approximant Template:Alveolar Template:Voiced Template:Oral Template:Central articulation Template:Pulmonic
Occurrence
Alveolar
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Albanian | unknown | gjelbër | Template:IPA | 'green' | |
| Armenian | Classical | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'coffee' | |
| Assamese | ৰঙা (rônga) | Template:IPA | 'red' | ||
| Assyrian Neo-Aramaic | Alqosh dialect | ܪܒ | Template:IPA | 'many' | Corresponds to Template:IPAslink in most other Assyrian dialects. |
| Tyari dialect | |||||
| BengaliTemplate:Sfnp | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'again' | Phonetic realisation of /r/, especially in some Eastern Dialects and sometimes in conjunct before consonants. Corresponds to [[[:Template:IPA link]] ~ Template:IPA link] in others. See Bengali phonology | |
| Burmese<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'furniture' | Occurs only in loanwords, mostly from Pali or English. | |
| ChukchiTemplate:Citation needed | ңирэк | Template:IPA | 'two' | ||
| Dutch | Central Netherlandic | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'through' | Allophone of Template:IPA in the syllable coda for some speakers. See Dutch phonology. |
| Western Netherlandic | |||||
| Leiden | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'rat' | Corresponds to Template:IPA in other dialects. | |
| Faroese | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'rudder' | See Faroese phonology. | |
| German | Moselle Franconian (Siegerland<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt, cited in Universität zu Köln: Phonologische Analyse</ref> and Westerwald<ref>Wäller Platt: Die Aussprache</ref> dialects) | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'vine' | Most other dialects use a voiced uvular fricative Template:IPAblink, a uvular trill Template:IPAblink or an alveolar trill Template:IPAblink. See Standard German phonology. |
| Silesian | |||||
| Upper Lusatian | |||||
| Greek<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang/méra | Template:IPA | 'day' | Allophone of Template:IPAslink in rapid or casual speech and between vowels. See Modern Greek phonology. | |
| Persian | فارسی | Template:IPA | 'Persian' | Allophone of Template:IPA before /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, and /l/. See Persian phonology. | |
| Portuguese | Multiple Brazilian dialects, mostly inland Centro-Sul<ref>Acoustic-phonetic characteristics of the Brazilian Portuguese's retroflex /r/: data from respondents in Pato Branco, Paraná Template:Webarchive. Irineu da Silva Ferraz. Pages 19–21 (in Portuguese)</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'love' | Allophone of Template:IPA in the syllable coda. Velarized, may also be retroflex, post-alveolar and/or a rhotic vowel. See Portuguese phonology. |
| Spanish | Andalusian<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt citing Template:Harvcoltxt and Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | doscientos | Template:IPA | 'two hundred' | Allophone of Template:IPA before [θ]. See Spanish phonology. |
| Belizean | invierno | Template:IPA | 'winter' | Possible realization of Template:IPA in the syllable coda due to English influence. | |
| Caribbean Colombian | |||||
| Puerto Rican | |||||
| Costa Rican<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | carro | Template:IPA | 'car' | Allophone of Template:IPA, and of Template:IPA before Template:IPA. See Costa Rican Spanish. | |
| Swedish | Central Standard<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:Audio-IPA | 'domain' | Allophone of Template:IPA. Some speakers have Template:IPAblink (Template:IPAblink when geminated) in all positions. See Swedish phonology. |
| Tagalog | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'like-' | Allophone of the more usual and traditional flap or trill Template:IPA and is sometimes thus pronounced by some younger speakers due to exposure to mainstream English. | |
| Turkish | Marmara Region | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'excess, surplus' | Occurs as an allophone of Template:IPAblink in syllable coda, in free variation with post-alveolar Template:IPAblink. See Turkish phonology. |
| Vietnamese | Saigon<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'go out' | In free variation with Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink and Template:IPAblink. See Vietnamese phonology. |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | rdɨ | Template:IPA | 'pass' | Allophone of Template:IPA before consonants. |
Laminal alveolar
Template:Infobox IPA Some languages have a voiced (post)alveolar approximant that is acoustically distinct from a typical Template:IPA, which has variously been described as being 'Template:IPAblink-like'<ref name="shimoji08" /> or 'non-rhotic'.<ref name="ball2020">Template:Citation</ref> Some authors have reported the distinction as one of articulation, with the formerly mentioned sound being classified as laminal, while a typical Template:IPA is distinguished as apical.<ref name="prox2011">Template:Citation</ref> The International Phonetic Alphabet has no symbol to represent this sound, but possible transcriptions with diacritics include Template:Angbr IPA and Template:Angbr IPA, both of which have been used in literature. Several symbols have been proposed to represent this sound, but none have become widely accepted.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| Danish | Standard<ref name="Basbøll">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref name="Grønnum">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref name="SOWL1">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> | Template:Lang | Template:IPA | 'at' | Velarized; allophone of Template:IPA in the syllable coda.<ref name="Basbøll"/><ref name="Grønnum"/><ref name="SOWL1"/> For a minority of speakers, it may be a non-sibilant fricative instead.<ref name="SOWL1"/> See Danish phonology. |
| Icelandic | Template:Lang | Template:Audio-IPA | 'wallpaper' | In free variation with a weak fricative (Template:IPAblink).<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref>Template:Harvcoltxt, cited in Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> See Icelandic phonology. | |
| Miyakoan | Irabu<ref name="shimoji08">Template:Citation</ref> | Template:IPA | 'father' | Realized as [z̞z] when word initial, geminate Template:IPA when presyllabic, variable when medial, and plain [z̞] when word final. Phonemically transcribed as Template:IPA or Template:IPA. | |
Postalveolar
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The most common sound represented by the letter r in English is the voiced postalveolar approximant, pronounced further back than a typical Template:IPA and transcribed more precisely in IPA as Template:Angbr IPA, but Template:Angbr IPA is often used for convenience in its place. For further ease of typesetting, English phonemic transcriptions might use the symbol Template:Angbr IPA even though this symbol represents the alveolar trill in phonetic transcription.
The bunched or molar r sounds remarkably similar to the postalveolar approximant and can be described as a voiced labial pre-velar approximant with tongue-tip retraction. It can be transcribed in extIPA as Template:Angbr IPA.
As an allophone of other rhotic sounds, Template:IPA occurs in Edo, Fula, Murrinh-patha, and Palauan.<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>
See also
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