Voiceless alveolar tap | |
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ɾ̥ | |
IPA Number | 124 402A |
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X-SAMPA | 4_0 |
The voiceless alveolar tap or flap is rare as a phoneme. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɾ̥⟩, a combination of the letter for the voiced alveolar tap/flap and a diacritic indicating voicelessness. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 4_0
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The voiceless alveolar tapped fricative reported from some languages is actually a very brief voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative.
Features of the voiceless alveolar tap or flap:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Bengali[1] | আবার | [ˈäbäɾ̥] | 'again' | Possible allophone of /ɹ/ in the syllable coda.[1] See Bengali phonology | |
English | throw | [θɾ̪̊oʊ] | 'throw' | Allophone of /ɹ/ after /θ/. | |
Greek | Cypriot | αρφός | [ɐɾ̥ˈfo̞s] | 'brother' | Allophone of /ɾ/ before voiceless consonants. May be a voiceless alveolar trill instead |
Icelandic | hrafn | [ˈɾ̥apn̪̊] | 'raven' | Realization of /r̥/ for some speakers. Also illustrates /n̥/. See Icelandic phonology | |
Portuguese | European[2] | assar | [əˈsäɾ̥] | 'to bake' | Apparent allophone of /ɾ/; distribution unclear, but common in the coda in Jesus (2001)'s corpus. See Portuguese phonology |
Turkish | bir | [biɾ̝̊] | 'one' | /ɾ/ is frequently devoiced word-finally and before a voiceless consonant. See Turkish phonology |
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