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| Voiceless retroflex plosive | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ʈ | |||
| IPA number | 105 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | ʈ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0288 | ||
| X-SAMPA | t` | ||
| Braille | |||
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Avoiceless retroflex plosive orstop is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. This consonant is found as aphoneme mostly (though not exclusively) in two areas:South Asia andAustralia.
The symbol that represents this sound in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨ʈ ⟩. Like all theretroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of "t" (the letter used for the equivalentalveolar consonant). In many fonts lowercase "t" already has a rightward-pointing hook, but ⟨ʈ⟩ is distinguished from ⟨t⟩ by extending the hook below thebaseline.
Features of a voiceless retroflex stop:
| Language | Word | IPA | Translation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali[1] | টাকা | [ʈaka] | 'taka' | Apical postalveolar;[1] contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. SeeBengali phonology | |
| Brahui | سىٹ | [asiʈ] | 'one' | ||
| English | Indian dialects | time | [ʈaɪm] | 'time' | Corresponds to alveolar/t/ in other dialects. SeeEnglish phonology |
| General American | art | [ɑɻʈ] | 'art' | Allophone of /t/ before /ɻ/ See English Phonology. | |
| Gujarati[2] | બટાકા | [bəʈaːka] | 'potato' | Subapical;[2] contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. SeeGujarati phonology | |
| Hindustani[3][4] | Hindi | टोपी | [ʈoːpiː] | 'hat' | Apical postalveolar |
| Urdu | ٹوپی | ||||
| Hmong | 𖬅𖬰𖬡 /raus | [ʈàu] | 'immerse in liquid' | Contrasts with aspirated form (written⟨rh⟩). | |
| Iwaidja | yirrwartbart | [jiɺwɑʈbɑʈ] | 'taipan' | ||
| Javanese | bathang | [baʈaŋ] | 'cadaver' | ||
| Kannada | ತಟ್ಟು | [t̪ʌʈːu] | 'to tap' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms | |
| Lo-Toga[5] | dege | [ʈəɣə] | 'we (incl.)' | Laminal retroflex. | |
| Malayalam | കാട്ട് /كٰاڊّْ /kāṭṭŭ | [kaːʈːɨ̆] | 'wild' | Contrasts /t̪ t ʈ d̪ ɖ/. | |
| Marathi[2] | बटाटा | [bəʈaːʈaː] | 'potato' | Subapical;[2] contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. SeeMarathi phonology | |
| Mutsun | TiTkuSte | [ʈiʈkuʃtɛ] | 'torn' | ||
| Nepali | टोली | [ʈoli] | 'team' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. SeeNepali phonology | |
| Norwegian | kort | [kɔʈː] | 'card' | SeeNorwegian phonology | |
| Nunggubuyu[6] | rdagowa | [ʈakowa] | 'prawn' | ||
| Odia | ଟଗର /ṭagara | [ʈɔgɔrɔ] | 'crepe jasmine' | Apical postalveolar; contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms. | |
| Pashto | ټول | [ʈol] | 'all' | ||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਟੋਪੀ | [ʈoːpi] | 'hat' | |
| Shahmukhi | ٹـوپی | ||||
| Scottish Gaelic | SomeHebridean dialects[7] | àrd | [aːʈ] | 'high' | Corresponds to the sequence/rˠt/ in other dialects. SeeScottish Gaelic phonology |
| Sicilian | latru | [ˈlaʈɽu] | 'thief' | ||
| Swedish[8] | karta | [ˈkʰɑːʈa] | 'map' | SeeSwedish phonology | |
| Sylheti | ꠐꠥꠟ꠆ꠟꠤ | [ʈulli] | 'skull' | contains tonal pronunciation.[9] SeeSylheti phonology | |
| Tamil[2][10] | எட்டு /يࣣڊُّ /eṭṭu | [eʈːɯ] | 'eight' | Subapical.[2] SeeTamil phonology | |
| Telugu | కొట్టు | [koʈːu] | 'to hit or beat' | Contrasts unaspirated and aspirated forms | |
| Torwali[11][12] | ٹـىىےل | [ʈiɡel] | 'words' | Contrasts aspirated and unaspirated forms. | |
| Urdu | ساٹھ | [saːʈ] | 'sixty' | ||
| Vietnamese | Southern dialects[13] | bạntrả | [ɓa˧˨ʔɳˀʈa˧˩˧] | 'you pay' | May be somewhataffricated. SeeVietnamese phonology |
| Welayta | [ʈaza] | 'dew' | |||