The voiced uvular tap or flap is a type of

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al sound, used in some spoken

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s. There is no dedicated symbol for this sound in the

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. It can specified by adding a 'short' diacritic to the letter for the uvular plosive, , but normally it is covered by the unmodified letter for the

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/ref> since the two have never been reported to contrast. The uvular tap or flap is not known to exist as a phoneme in any language. More commonly, it is said to vary with the much more frequent

, and is most likely a single-contact trill rather than an actual tap or flap in these languages.

Features

Features of the voiced uvular tap or flap:

Occurrence

Notes

References

* * * * * * * * * {{IPA navigation Uvular consonants Tap and flap consonants Pulmonic consonants Oral consonants Central consonants