The voiced retroflex implosive is a type of
consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h sound, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract. Examples are and pronou ...
al sound.
Wadiyara Koli phonemically distinguishes it from the alveolar .
Sindhi has an implosive that varies between dental and retroflex articulation, while
Oromo,
Saraiki and
Ngad'a have but not .
The 'implicit' symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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is
(a D with a tail for retroflex and a hook-top for implosive).
[''Handbook of the International Phonetic Association'', 1999, p. 166, 179.][Kirk Miller & Michael Ashby]
L2/20-252R
Unicode request for IPA modifier-letters (a), pulmonic
Features
Features of the voiced retroflex implosive:
Occurrence
See also
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List of phonetics topics
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* Acoustic phonetics
* Active articulator
* Affricate
* Airstream mechanism
* Alexander John Ellis
* Alexander Melville Bell
* Alfred C. Gimson
* Allophone
* Alveolar approximant ()
* Alveolar click ()
* Alveolar consonant
* Alveolar e ...
References
External links
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Implosives
Central consonants
Retroflex consonants
Voiced oral consonants