Quick facts for kids Alveolar approximant |
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| ɹ |
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| IPA number |
151 |
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| Encoding |
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| Entity (decimal) |
ɹ |
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| Unicode (hex) |
U+0279 |
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| X-SAMPA |
r\ |
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| Kirshenbaum |
r |
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The alveolar approximant is a consonant. We use it in some spoken languages. International Phonetic Alphabet represents the alveolar and postalveolar approximants as ⟨⟩. International Phonetic Alphabet represents it as a lowercase letter r rotated 180 degrees, or in broad transcription ⟨⟩; the X-SAMPA symbol of this is ⟨r\⟩.
Many times the symbol is written as ⟨⟩ instead of ⟨⟩ because typing ⟨⟩ is easier.
Occurrence
| Language |
Word |
IPA |
Meaning |
Notes |
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| Armenian |
Eastern |
սուրճ |
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'coffee' |
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| Chukchi |
ңирэк |
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'two' |
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| Dutch |
Goois |
door |
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'through' |
Most dialects use an alveolar tap or trill. See Dutch phonology |
| Leiden dialect |
rat |
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'rat' |
| English |
American dialects |
red |
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'red' |
Often retracted and labialized. In non-rhotic dialects, it occurs only before a vowel. May also be a labialized retroflex approximant; corresponds to an alveolar trill or alveolar tap in a few other dialects. For convenience it is often transcribed <r>. See English phonology |
| Australian |
| Received Pronunciation |
| Faroese |
róður |
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'rudder' |
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| German |
Westerwald |
Rebe |
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'vine shoot' |
Most other dialects use a voiced uvular fricative or uvular trill. See German phonology |
| Siegerland |
| Upper Lusatian |
| Portuguese |
Many Central-Southern Brazilian dialects |
verde |
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'green' |
Syllable-final allophone of rhotic consonant and also. See Portuguese phonology |
| Some countryside Central-Southern Brazilian dialects |
temporal |
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'rainstorm' |
| Spanish |
Some dialects |
doscientos |
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'two hundred' |
Allophone of in the syllable coda. See Spanish phonology |
| Vietnamese |
rơ |
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'to clean' |
See Vietnamese phonology |
| Zapotec |
Tilquiapan |
rdɨ |
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'pass' |
Allophone of before any consonant. |
