| Voiced uvular tap or flap | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɢ̆ | |||
| ʀ̆ | |||
| IPA number | 112 505 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | ɢ̆ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0262 U+0306 | ||
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In the context ofphonetics, avoiced uvular tap orflap is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages.There is no dedicated symbol for this sound in theIPA. It can specified by adding a 'short' diacritic to the letter for the uvular plosive, ⟨ɢ̆⟩, but normally it is covered by the unmodified letter for theuvular trill, ⟨ʀ⟩,[1] since the two have never been reported to contrast, the uvular tap or flap is not known to exist as a phoneme in any language.
Commonly, it is said to vary with the much more frequentuvular trill, and is most likely a single-contact trill[ʀ̆] rather than an actual tap or flap[ɢ̆] in these languages.
Features of a voiced uvular tap or flap:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch[2] | rood | [ʀ̆oːt] | 'red' | More common than auvular trill.[3] Realization of/r/ varies considerably among dialects. SeeDutch phonology | |
| English | Northumbrian | red | [ɢ̆ɛd] | 'red' | Tap,[4][5] or also a tapped fricative,[6] most usually a plainfricative. SeeNorthumbrian burr |
| German | Standard[7] | Ehre | [ˈʔeːʀ̆ə] | 'honor' | Common intervocalic realization of uvular trill.[7] SeeStandard German phonology |
| Hiu[8] | [βɔ̞ʀ̆] | 'hibiscus' | |||
| Ibibio[9] | ufʌkọ | [úfʌ̟̀ɢ̆ɔ̞] | 'summary' | Intervocalic allophone of/k/; may be a velar approximant[ɰ] instead.[9] | |
| Limburgish | Hasselt dialect[10] | weuren | [ˈβ̞øːʀ̆ən] | '(they) were' | Possible intervocalic allophone of/r/; may be alveolar[ɾ] instead.[10] SeeHasselt dialect phonology |
| Okanagan | Southern[11] | ʕaləp | [ɢ̆àlə́p] | 'lose' | Allophone of/ʕ/; corresponds to[ʕ] in other dialects.[11] |
| Supyire[12] | tadugugo | [taduɢ̆uɢ̆o] | 'place to go up' | May be in free variation[ɡ].[12] | |
| Wahgi[13] | [example needed] | Allophone of/ʟ̝/.[13] | |||
| Yiddish | Standard[14] | בריק | [bʀ̆ɪk] | 'bridge' | Less commonly a trill[ʀ]; can be alveolar[ɾ~r] instead.[14] SeeYiddish phonology |
