retroflex ejective stop
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
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The retroflex ejective is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ʈʼ}}.
Features
Features of the retroflex ejective:
{{plosive}}
{{retroflex}}
{{voiceless short}}
{{oral}}
{{central articulation}}
{{ejective}}
Occurrence
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!colspan=2|Language ! scope="col" | Word ! scope="col" | IPA ! scope="col" | Meaning ! scope="col" | Notes | |
| Yokuts
|{{lang|yok|ṭʼa∙yʼ}} | {{IPA|[ʈʼaːjˀ]}}
|'down feather' |Phonemically distinct, not found in other Yokuts dialects |
| English
|beet | {{IPA|[biːʈʼ]}}
|'beet' |This sound usually occurs at the end of a phrase as an allophone of {{IPA|/t/}}.{{cn|date=May 2023}} |
See also
External links
- {{phoible|ʈʼ}}
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