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retroflex::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cacuminal |
retroflex::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | retroflexed |
Examples of retroflex
retroflex
The retroflex flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spokenlanguages.
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The Iwaidja language of Australia has both alveolar and retroflex lateral flaps.
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Most of the dialects in eastern and central Norway use the retroflex consonants.
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Most southern, western and northern dialects do not have these retroflex sounds.
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The retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spokenlanguages.
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Like Northern Mandarin, it has preserved the retroflex initials of Middle Chinese.
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The Nuristani languages of eastern Afghanistan also have retroflex consonants.
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To the Indian ears, the English alveolar plosives sound more retroflex than dental.
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Historically, the dental stops and retroflex stops both merged into alveolar stops.
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- Bent or curved backward
- Cacuminal: pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate
- Articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
- In phonetics, retroflex consonants are consonant sounds used in some languages. (They are sometimes referred to as cerebral consonants, especially in Indology. ...
- A type of consonant created by the tongue being placed on or near the roof of the mouth just behind the alveolar ridge (see definition above).
- In linguistics, any sound produced with the tongue-tip bent or curled backward--such as the sound of the liquid <r>. Retroflex <r>s over time often change into the liquid <l> and vice-versa. ...
- Sounds produced by curling the tongue tip back and articulating against the rear slope of the gum ridge (like the sound 'ada').
