Voiced retroflex nasal
The voiced retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɳ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n`.
| Voiced retroflex nasal | |||
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| ɳ | |||
| IPA Number | 117 | ||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɳ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0273 | ||
| X-SAMPA | n` | ||
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Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of an en (the letter used for the corresponding alveolar consonant). It is similar to ⟨ɲ⟩, the letter for the palatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to ⟨ŋ⟩, the letter for the velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.
Features
Features of the voiced retroflex nasal:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Because the consonant is also nasal, the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.
- Its place of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue contact can be apical (pointed) or laminal (flat).
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali[1] | Rare; occurs in the extreme western dialects | ||||
| Enindhilyagwa | yingarna | [jiŋaɳa] | 'snake' | ||
| Faroese | ørn | [œɻɳ] | 'eagle' | ||
| Hindustani | Hindi | ठंडा/ṭhaṇḍā | [ʈʰəɳɖaː] | 'cold' | Usually replaced in Urdu with [n]. See Hindustani phonology |
| Urdu | ٹھنڈا/ṭhaṇḍā | ||||
| Kannada | ಅಣೆ/uṇe | [ʌɳe] | 'dam' | ||
| Khanty | Eastern dialects | еңә/eṇẹ | [eɳə] | 'large' | |
| Some northern dialects | |||||
| Malayalam[2] | അണ/aṇa | [ɐɳɐ] | 'jaw' | ||
| Marathi | बाण/bāṇa | [baːɳə] | 'arrow' | See Marathi phonology | |
| Nepali | अण्डा/aṇḍā | [ʌɳɖä] | 'egg' | See Nepali phonology | |
| Marshallese | Ņadikdik | [nˠɑːrʲiɡ(i)rʲik] | 'Knox Atoll' | ||
| Norwegian | garn |  [ɡɑːɳ] | 'yarn' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Odia | ବଣି/baṇi | [bɔɳi] | 'old' | ||
| Pashto | اتڼ/Ataṇ | [at̪aɳ] | 'Attan' | ||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਪੁਰਾਣਾ/purāṇā | [puraːɳaː] | 'old' | |
| Shahmukhi | پُراݨا/purāṇā | ||||
| Swedish[3] | garn | [ɡɑːɳ] | 'yarn' | See Swedish phonology | |
| Tamil[4] | அணல்/aṇal | [aɳal] | 'neck' | See Tamil phonology | |
| Telugu | గొణుగు/goṇugu | [goɳugu] | 'murmur' | ||
| Vietnamese[5] | anh trả | [aɳ˧ ʈa˨˩˦] | 'you pay' | Allophone of /n/ before /ʈ/ in Saigon dialect. See Vietnamese phonology | |
Retroflex nasal flap
| Retroflex nasal flap | |
|---|---|
| ɽ̃ | |
| ɳ̆ |
Features
Features of the retroflex nasal tap or flap:
- Its manner of articulation is tap or flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (usually the tongue) is thrown against another.
- Its place of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue contact can be apical (pointed) or laminal (flat).
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- It is a nasal consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the nose, either exclusively (nasal stops) or in addition to through the mouth.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
See also
Notes
- Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926). The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language. Vol. 1. Calcutta: Calcutta University Press. p. 269.
- Ladefoged (2005:165)
- Eliasson (1986:278–279)
- Keane (2004:111)
- Thompson (1959:458–461)
- Gordon, Matthew; Ian Maddieson (October 1995). "The phonetics of Ndumbea". Fieldwork Studies of Targeted Languages III. UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics (91): 25–44.
- Eaton, Robert D. (2008)
References
- Eliasson, Stig (1986), "Sandhi in Peninsular Scandinavian", in Anderson, Henning (ed.), Sandhi Phenomena in the Languages of Europe, Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 271–300
- Keane, Elinor (2004), "Tamil", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 34 (1): 111–116, doi:10.1017/S0025100304001549
- Ladefoged, Peter (2005), Vowels and Consonants (Second ed.), Blackwell
- Thompson, Laurence (1959), "Saigon phonemics", Language, 35 (3): 454–476, doi:10.2307/411232, JSTOR 411232
External links
- List of languages with [ɳ] on PHOIBLE
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