Retroflex ejective stop

Theretroflex ejectiveis a rareconsonantalsound, used in somespoken languages.The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabetthat represents this sound is ⟨ʈʼ⟩.

Features[edit]

Features of the retroflex ejective:

Itsmanner of articulationisocclusive,which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with nonasal outlet,the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is aplosive.
Itsplace of articulationisretroflex,which prototypically means it is articulatedsubapical(with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it ispostalveolarwithout beingpalatalized.That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue can beapical(pointed) or, in some fricatives,laminal(flat).
Itsphonationis voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
It is anoral consonant,which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
It is acentral consonant,which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
Theairstream mechanismisejective(glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping theglottisupward.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Yokuts	Wukchumni	ṭʼa∙yʼ	[ʈʼaːjˀ]	'down feather'	Phonemically distinct, not found in other Yokuts dialects
English	Indian	beet	[biːʈʼ]	'beet'	This sound usually occurs at the end of a phrase as an allophone of/t/.^{[citation needed]}