Voiced retroflex nasal

A 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.

Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of Template:Angbr IPA, 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

File:Voiced retroflex nasal.svg

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

Occurrence

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

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

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External links

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