The 'voiceless retroflex plosive' is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
t`. Like all the
retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward pointing hook extending from the bottom of the symbol used for the equivalent
alveolar consonant, in this case the
voiceless alveolar plosive which has the symbol t. If lowercase letter t in the font used already has a rightward pointing hook, then is distinguished from t by extending the righward pointing hook below the
baseline as a
descender. Compare t and .
Features
Features of the voiceless retroflex plosive:
★ Its
manner of articulation is
plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
★ Its
place of articulation is
retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue curled up, but more generally means that it is
postalveolar without being
palatalized.
★ Its
phonation type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
★ It is an
oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
★ It is a
central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
★ The
airstream mechanism is
pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the
lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the
glottis or the mouth.
Occurrence
External links
★
Phonology of English, including dialectical variations
See also
★
List of phonetics topics
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