Voiceless alveolar tap and flap
Appearance
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Voiceless alveolar tap | |
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ɾ̥ | |
IPA Number | 124 402A |
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X-SAMPA | 4_0 |
Thevoiceless alveolar taporflapis rare as a phoneme. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabetthat represents this sound is ⟨ɾ̥⟩, a combination of the letter for thevoiced alveolar tap/flapand adiacriticindicatingvoicelessness.The equivalentX-SAMPAsymbol is4_0
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Thevoiceless alveolar tapped fricativereported from some languages is actually a very briefvoiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative.
Features[edit]
Features of the voiceless alveolar tap or flap:
- Itsmanner of articulationistap or flap,which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that the tongue makes very brief contact.
- Itsplace of articulationisdentaloralveolar,which means it is articulated behind upper front teeth or at thealveolar ridge.It is most oftenapical,which means that it is pronounced with the tip of the tongue.
- Itsphonationis voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- 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 mechanismispulmonic,which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with theintercostal musclesandabdominal muscles,as in most sounds.
Occurrence[edit]
Alveolar[edit]
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Bengali[1] | আবার | [ˈäbäɾ̥] | 'again' | Possible allophone of/ɹ/in the syllable coda.[1]SeeBengali phonology | |
English | throw | [θɾ̪̊oʊ] | 'throw' | Allophone of/ɹ/after/θ/. | |
Greek | Cypriot | αρφός | [ɐɾ̥ˈfo̞s] | 'brother' | Allophone of/ɾ/before voiceless consonants. May be avoiceless alveolar trillinstead |
Icelandic | hrafn | [ˈɾ̥apn̪̊] | 'raven' | Realization of/r̥/for some speakers. Also illustrates/n̥/.SeeIcelandic phonology | |
Portuguese | European[2] | assar | [əˈsäɾ̥] | 'to bake' | Apparent allophone of/ɾ/;distribution unclear, but common in thecodainJesus (2001)'s corpus. SeePortuguese phonology |
Turkish | bir | [biɾ̝̊] | 'one' | /ɾ/ is frequently devoiced word-finally and before a voiceless consonant. SeeTurkish phonology |
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^abKhan (2010:224)
- ^Jesus (2001)
References[edit]
- Jesus, Luis Miguel Teixeira (2001),Acoustic Phonetics of European Portuguese Fricative Consonant(Ph.D.), University of Southampton
- Khan, Sameer ud Dowla (2010),"Bengali (Bangladeshi Standard)"(PDF),Journal of the International Phonetic Association,40(2): 221–225,doi:10.1017/S0025100310000071