Voiceless alveolar and postalveolar approximants

Voiceless alveolar approximant
ɹ̥
IPA number 151 402A
Encoding
X-SAMPA r\_0

The voiceless alveolar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the alveolar and postalveolar voiceless approximants is ɹ̥, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r\_0.

Features

Features of the voiceless alveolar approximant:

Occurrence

Alveolar

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Faroese[1] okkurt [ˈɔʰkʊɹ̥t] 'around' Allophone of /r/.[1] See Faroese phonology

Postalveolar

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Bengali[2] আবার [ˈäbäɹ̠̊] 'again' Apical; possible allophone of /ɹ/ in the syllable coda.[3] See Bengali phonology

References

  1. 1 2 Árnason (2011), p. 115.
  2. Khan (2010), p. 224.
  3. Khan (2010), pp. 223–224.

Bibliography

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