Retroflex consonant

Retroflex consonants are articulated with the tip of the tongue curled up and back so the bottom of the tip touches the roof of the mouth. Retroflex consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet: ! rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid black; background: gray; color: white"| Description ! style="border:1px solid black; background: gray; color: white"|Orthography! style="border:1px solid black; background: gray; color: white"|Meaning style="height:4em" style="height:4em" style="height:4em" style="height:4em" style="height:4em" style="height:4em" style="height:4em" style="height:4em"

IPA	Example
	Language	IPA
Image:Xsampa-t'.png	voiceless retroflex plosive	Vietnamese	Nha Trang	[]	Nha Trang
Image:Xsampa-d'.png	voiced retroflex plosive	Swedish	nord	[]	north
Image:Xsampa-n'.png	nasal retroflex sonorant	Swedish	Vänern	[]	Vänern
Image:Xsampa-r'.png	retroflex flap	Japanese	折り紙 (origami)	[]]	origami
Image:Xsampa-s'.png	voiceless retroflex fricative	Mandarin	上海 (Shànghǎi)	[]	Shanghai
Image:Xsampa-z'.png	voiced retroflex fricative	Mandarin	朱镕基 (Zhū Róngjì)	[]	Zhu Rongji
Image:Xsampa-rslash'.png	retroflex approximant	Tamil	தமிழ் (Tamil)	[]	Tamil
Image:Xsampa-l'.png	lateral retroflex approximant	Swedish	Karlstad	[]	Karlstad

Note: In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the symbols for retroflex consonants are typically the same as for the alveolar consonants, but with the addition of a right-facing hook to the bottom of the symbol. Retroflex consonants are common in the Indo-Aryan languages and the Dravidian languages; and can also be found in languages such as Mandarin Chinese, Javanese, Vietnamese, Swedish, Norwegian and some languages of Southern Italy and Sardinia.

See also

• place of articulation
• list of phonetics topics

sv:Retroflex fr:consonne rétroflexe Category:Phonetics

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