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Voiced retroflex plosive

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɖ⟩ in IPA

Summary

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɖ⟩ in IPA

Field	Value
ipa symbol	ɖ
ipa number	106
decimal	598
x-sampa	d`
braille	256
braille2	d
imagefile	IPA Unicode 0x0256.svg

|x-sampa=d`

A voiced retroflex plosive or stop 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 a d, the letter that is used for the corresponding alveolar consonant. Many South Asian languages, such as Hindi and Urdu, have a two-way contrast between plain and murmured (breathy voice) .

Features

Features of a voiced retroflex stop:

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Asturian	Astierna dialect	ḷḷingua		'tongue'
Balochi	Arab	ڈل}}/dèl		'female donkey'
Bengali	ডাকাত		'robber'	Apical postalveolar. See Bengali phonology
English	Indian dialects	dine		'to eat'
General American	herd	[hɚɖ]	'herd'	Allophone of /d/ before /ɹ/ or /ɚ/
Fon	ɖù		'to celebrate'
Gujarati	હાડ		'bone'	Subapical. See Gujarati phonology
Hindustani	डालना/{{nq	ڈالنا}}		'to put'	Apical postalveolar. See Hindustani phonology
Javanese	ꦣꦲꦂ/dhahar/[](pegon-script)		'to eat'
Kannada	ಅಡಸು		'to join'
Maba	kodrok/كٛڔٛك		'false'
Malayalam	പാണ്ഡവർ		'Pandavas'
Marathi	हाड		'bone'	Subapical. See Marathi phonology
Nepali	डर		'fear'	Apical postalveolar. See Nepali phonology
Nihali		'one'
Norwegian	varde		'beacon'	See Norwegian phonology
Odia	ଡଙ୍ଗା/ḍaṅgā		'boat'	Apical postalveolar.
Pashto	ډﻙ		'full'
Punjabi	ਡੱਡੂ		'frog'
Sardinian	cherveddu		'brain'
Sicilian	coḍḍu		'neck'
Sindhi	واڍو/vāḍho/वाढो	[ʋɑɖʱo]	'carpenter'
Sinhala	බඩ		'stomach'
Somali	{{lang	so	dhul	italic=yes}}		'earth, land, ground'
Swedish	nord		'north'	See Swedish phonology
Tamil	வண்டி		'cart'	/ʈ/}}. See Tamil phonology
Telugu	కడ్డి		'rod'	Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. Aspirated form articulated as breathy consonant.
Torwali	ڈىغو		'late afternoon'	Realised as between vowels.

Notes

References

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References

{{Harvcoltxt. Mazumdar. 2000
{{Harvcoltxt. Khatiwada. 2009
{{Harvcoltxt. Ladefoged. 2005
{{Harvcoltxt. Tiwari. 2004
{{Harvcoltxt. Keane. 2004
{{Harvcoltxt. Lunsford. 2001

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