voiceless retroflex flap

{{Short description|Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɽ̊⟩ in IPA}}

{{infobox IPA

|above=Voiceless retroflex flap

|ipa number=105 402B

|ipa symbol=ɽ̊

|xsampa=r`_0

|unicode=U+027D U+030A

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The voiceless retroflex flap or tap is a sound that has been reported to occur as a dialectal realization of {{IPA|/ʂ/}} in the Dhivehi language.{{Harvcoltxt|Maumoon|2002|p=35}} The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ɽ̊}}, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is r`_0.

Features

Features of the voiceless retroflex flap:

Occurrence

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Dhivehi

| Some dialects

| colspan=2 align=center | {{example needed|date=March 2015}}

| May be a trill instead. Corresponds to {{IPA|/ʂ/}} in other dialects.

rowspan=2 colspan=2| Nepali

| {{lang|ne|काठमाडौँ}}

'Kathmandu'

|rowspan=2| Coda and intervocalic allophone of {{IPA|/ʈʰ/}}.{{citation|last=Pokharel|first=Madhav Prasad|year=1989|title=Experimental analysis of Nepali sound system|type=PhD|publisher=University of Pune, India}}

'eighteen'

Norwegian

| Selbu dialect

| {{lang|no|mølk}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[mœɽ̊k]}}

| 'milk'

| Uncommon allophone of {{nowrap|/ɽ/}} before k and p.{{cite book|last1=Dalen|first1=Arnold|title=Trøndersk språkhistorie|date=15 October 2008|publisher=Fagbokforlaget|isbn=978-82-519-2330-9}}

Swedish

|Ångermanland dialect

|{{lang|sw|mjölk}}

|{{IPA|[mi̯ɔɽ̊k]}}

|'milk'

|Retroflex pronunciation of /l/ before k and p always voiceless in western Ångermanland dialects.{{Cite book |last=Nordlander |first=Johan |title=Ordbok över Multråmålet |publisher=Fritzes bokförlag |year=1933 |location=Stockholm |pages=VIII |language=sv}}