Voiced retroflex nasal
| Voiced retroflex nasal | |
|---|---|
| ɳ | |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | n` |
The voiced retroflex nasal is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is in Indian English. It is similar to /n/ but your tongue is curled back.
Features
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- The phonation is voiced. This means that the vocal cords vibrate while the sound is being pronounced.
- The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated sub-apical - with the tip of the tongue curled up. But more generally This means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical sub-apical articulation, the tongue contact can be apical (pointed) or laminal (flat).
- It is a nasal consonant. This means that air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
Examples
[change | change source]| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali | Rare; occurs in the extreme western dialects | ||||
| Enindhilyagwa | yingarna | [jiŋaɳa] | 'snake' | ||
| Faroese | ørn | [œɻɳ] | 'eagle' | ||
| Hindi | ठण्डा/ṭhaṇḍā | [ʈʰəɳɖaː] | 'cold' | ||
| Kannada | ಅಣೆ/aṇe | [ɐɳe] | 'dam' | ||
| Khanty | Eastern dialects | eṇə | [eɳə] | 'large' | |
| Some northern dialects | |||||
| Malayalam | അണ/aṇa | [ɐɳɐ] | 'jaw' | ||
| Nepali | अण्डा/aṇḍā | [ʌɳɖä] | 'egg' | See Nepali phonology | |
| Norwegian | garn | ⓘ | 'yarn' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Odia | ବଣି/baṇi | [bɔɳi] | 'old' | ||
| Pashto | اتڼ/Ataṇ | ⓘ | 'Attan' | ||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਪੁਰਾਣਾ/purāṇā | [pʊraːɳaː] | 'old' | |
| Shahmukhi | پُراݨا/purāṇā | ||||
| Swedish | Central Standard | garn | ⓘ | 'yarn' | See Swedish phonology |
| Tamil | ஆண்/āṇ | ⓘ | 'male' | See Tamil phonology | |
| Vietnamese | anh trả | [aɳ˧ ʈa˨˩˦] | 'you pay' | Pronunciation of /n/ before the /ʈ/ in Saigon dialect. See Vietnamese phonology | |
