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Voiced retroflex nasal

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɳ⟩ in IPA

Voiced retroflex nasal
Summary

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɳ⟩ in IPA

FieldValue
ipa symbolɳ
ipa number117
decimal627
x-sampan`
braille256
braille21345
imagefileIPA Unicode 0x0273.svg

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A voiced retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of , the letter used for the corresponding alveolar consonant. It is similar to , the letter for the palatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to , the letter for the velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.

Features

Features of a voiced retroflex nasal:

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
BengaliRare; occurs in the extreme western dialects
Enindhilyagwayingarna'snake'
Faroeseørn'eagle'
Hindiठण्डा/hi'cold'
Kannadaಅಣೆ/kn'dam'
KhantyEastern dialectseṇə'large'
Some northern dialects
Malayalamഅണ/ml'jaw'
Marathiबाण/mr'arrow'Often realized as a flap in intervocalic and word-final positions. See Marathi phonology
Nepaliअण्डा/ne'egg'See Nepali phonology
Norwegiangarn'yarn'See Norwegian phonology
Odiaବଣି/or'old'
Pashtoاتڼ/ps'Attan'
PunjabiGurmukhiਪੁਰਾਣਾ/pa'old'
Shahmukhiپُراݨا/pa
Scottish GaelicLewisiutharn'hell'
SwedishCentral Standardgarn'yarn'
Tamilஆண்/ta'male'See Tamil phonology
Teluguగొణుగు/te'murmur'Occurs as allophone of anuswara when followed by Voiced retroflex plosives.
Vietnameseanh trả'you pay'Allophone of before in Saigon dialect. See Vietnamese phonology

Notes

References

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References

  1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar. (1926). "The Origin and Development of the Bangla Language". Calcutta University Press.
  2. {{Harvcoltxt. Ladefoged. 2005
  3. {{Harvcoltxt. Eliasson. 1986
  4. {{Harvcoltxt. Keane. 2004
  5. {{Harvcoltxt. Thompson. 1959
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