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Voiceless retroflex plosive | |||
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ʈ | |||
IPA Number | 105 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ʈ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+0288 | ||
X-SAMPA | t` | ||
Braille | |||
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The voiceless retroflex plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. This consonant is found as a phoneme mostly (though not exclusively) in two areas: South Asia and Australia.
The symbol that represents this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨ʈ ⟩. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of "t" (the letter used for the equivalent alveolar consonant). In many fonts lowercase "t" already has a rightward-pointing hook, but ⟨ʈ⟩ is distinguished from ⟨t⟩ by extending the hook below the baseline.
Features of the voiceless retroflex stop:
Language | Word | IPA | Translation | Notes |
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Bengali | টাকা | 'taka' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. See Bengali phonology | |
Brahui | سىٹ | 'one' | ||
English | time | 'time' | Corresponds to alveolar /t/ in other dialects. See English phonology | |
Gujarati | બટાકા | 'potato' | Subapical; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. See Gujarati phonology | |
Hindustani | टोपी | 'hat' | Apical postalveolar | |
ٹوپی | ||||
Hmong | raus | 'immerse in liquid' | Contrasts with aspirated form (written ⟨rh⟩). | |
Iwaidja | yirrwartbart | 'taipan' | ||
Javanese | bathang | 'cadaver' | ||
Kannada | ತಟ್ಟು | 'to tap' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms | |
Lo-Toga | dege | 'we (incl.)' | Laminal retroflex. | |
Malayalam | കാട്ട് | 'wild' | Contrasts /t̪ t ʈ d̪ ɖ/. | |
Marathi | बटाटा | 'potato' | Subapical; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. See Marathi phonology | |
Mutsun | TiTkuSte | 'torn' | ||
Nepali | टोली | 'team' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. See Nepali phonology | |
Norwegian | kort | 'card' | See Norwegian phonology | |
Nunggubuyu | rdagowa | 'prawn' | ||
Odia | ଟଗର/ṭagara | 'crepe jasmine' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. | |
Pashto | ټـول | 'all' | ||
Punjabi | ਟੋਪੀ | 'hat' | ||
ٹـوپی | ||||
Sicilian | latru | 'thief' | ||
Scottish Gaelic | árd | 'high' | Corresponds to the sequence /rˠt/ in other dialects. See Scottish Gaelic phonology | |
Swedish | karta | 'map' | See Swedish phonology | |
Sylheti | ꠐꠥꠟ꠆ꠟꠤ | 'skull' | contains tonal pronunciation. See Sylheti phonology | |
Tamil | எட்டு | 'eight' | Subapical. See Tamil phonology | |
Telugu | కొట్టు | 'to hit or beat' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms | |
Torwali | ٹـىىےل | 'words' | Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |
Vietnamese | bạn trả | 'you pay' | May be somewhat affricated. See Vietnamese phonology | |
Welayta | 'dew' |