The retroflex clicks are a family of click consonants known only from the Central ǃKung language or dialect of Namibia. They are sub-apical retroflex and...
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tenuis retroflex click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol ⟨‼⟩ is used for the retroflex clicks; a tenuis click with a...
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The retroflex nasal click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol ⟨‼⟩ is used for the retroflex clicks; a nasal click with...
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voiced retroflex click is a rare click consonant. In practical orthography, an ad hoc symbol ⟨‼⟩ is used for the retroflex clicks; a voiced click with a...
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clicks in Ekoka !Kung have been variously described as retroflex or fricated palatal clicks. Bilabial click Dental click Lateral click Palatal click Retroflex...
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A retroflex (/ˈrɛtrəflɛks, -roʊ-/ ) or cacuminal (/kəˈkjuːmɪnəl/ ) consonant is a coronal consonant where the tongue has a flat, concave, or even curled...
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clicks when speaking English. Bilabial clicks Dental clicks Alveolar clicks Fricated alveolar clicks Lateral clicks Retroflex clicks Palatal clicks Back-released...
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percussive alveolar clicks of Sandawe. Alveolar click Bilabial click Dental click Lateral click Retroflex click Index of phonetics articles Clement Doke (1925)...
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rather than a lateral click. Fricated palatal click (described as having a lateral release) Retroflex click (has a fricated lateral release) Styled as either...
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List of consonants (section Retroflex consonants)
[t͡ɕ] retroflex clicks e.g. [𝼊 ] (commonly written ⟨[‼]⟩) retroflex approximant [ɻ ] retroflex flap [ɽ] retroflex lateral flap [𝼈 ] retroflex lateral...
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dental click is sometimes accompanied by an upward motion of the head. Lateral click Alveolar click Bilabial click Palatal click Retroflex click Index...
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literature are the retroflex implosive ⟨ᶑ ⟩, the voiceless retroflex lateral fricative ⟨ꞎ ⟩, the retroflex lateral flap ⟨𝼈 ⟩ and the retroflex click ⟨𝼊 ⟩; the...
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mimetic /ǀ̃ʷa/ or /ʘ̃ʷa/ in greetings. Alveolar click Dental click Lateral click Palatal click Retroflex click List of phonetics topics E.g. in Larry Mattes...
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Hook (diacritic) (redirect from Retroflex hook)
additional phonetic click letters" (PDF). Constable, Peter (1 February 2004). "Revised Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Retroflex Hook in the UCS"...
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chess annotation Double factorial, an operator in mathematics Retroflex click, a family of click consonants found only in Juu and Namibian languages, and in...
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R-colored vowel Retroflex approximant (ɻ) Retroflex click (‼) Retroflex consonant Retroflex ejective (ʈʼ) Retroflex ejective affricate (ʈʂʼ) Retroflex ejective...
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INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK (¡) U+01C3 ǃ LATIN LETTER RETROFLEX CLICK (In IPA: alveolar click) U+203C ‼ DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK (for use in vertical...
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Bilabial click Dental click Lateral click Palatal click Retroflex click Index of phonetics articles Click consonant Grenoble, Lenore (2014). Plungian, Vladimir;...
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The voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
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Damin (category Click languages)
alveolar–retroflex distinction in Damin, with the possible exception of the clicks. However, Hale notes that the Damin alveolar and retroflex clicks (found...
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The voiceless or more precisely tenuis (post)alveolar click is a click consonant found primarily among the languages of southern Africa. The symbol in...
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described as having retroflex clicks, Vedder (1910/1911) described a second series of lateral clicks in Gaub ǃKung. The retroflex clicks have also been reported...
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Nasal clicks are click consonants pronounced with nasal airflow. All click types (alveolar ǃ, dental ǀ, lateral ǁ, palatal ǂ, retroflex ‼, and labial...
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the letters for the palatal and retroflex clicks are ⟨ŋ⟩ ⟨ɲ⟩ with a curl on their free leg: ⟨⟩ ⟨⟩. The voiced-click letters are more individuated, a...
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Lateral consonant (section Clicks)
some speakers of American English. Pashto has a retroflex lateral flap that becomes voiced retroflex approximant when it is at the end of a syllable and...
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U+01C2 ǂ 450 Latin Letter Alveolar Click U+01C3 ǃ 451 Latin Letter Retroflex Click Croatian U+01C4 DŽ 452 Latin Capital Letter DZ with caron U+01C5 Dž 453...
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The voiced retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
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Miller, Kirk (2020-07-11). "L2/20-125R: Unicode request for expected IPA retroflex letters and similar letters with hooks" (PDF). Bunčić, Daniel (2021-01-12)...
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The voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...
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ǃKung languages (category Click languages)
Proto-ǃXuun, had five places of click articulation: Dental, alveolar, palatal, alveolar lateral, and retroflex (*‼). The retroflex clicks have dropped out of Southeastern...
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