Voiceless retroflex nasal
ɳ̊
ɳ̥
IPA Number117+402A
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The voiceless retroflex nasal is an extremely rare type of consonantal sound, used in very few spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɳ̊, a combination of the letter for the voiced retroflex nasal and a diacritic indicating voicelessness.

Features

Features of the voiceless retroflex nasal:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Iaai[1] hnrathu [ɳ̊aθu] 'cold'

See also

References

  1. ^ UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics, vol. 53–55, p. 212.