Voiced uvular tap or flap | |
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ɢ̆ | |
ʀ̆ | |
IPA Number | 112 505 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | ɢ̆ |
Unicode (hex) | U+0262 U+0306 |
The voiced uvular tap or flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. There is no dedicated symbol for this sound in the IPA. 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 the uvular 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.
More commonly, it is said to vary with the much more frequent uvular trill, and is most likely a single-contact trill [ʀ̆] rather than an actual tap or flap [ɢ̆] in these languages.
Features of the voiced uvular tap or flap:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Dutch[2] | rood | [ʀ̆oːt] | 'red' | More common than a uvular trill.[3] Realization of /r/ varies considerably among dialects. See Dutch phonology | |
German | Standard[4] | Ehre | [ˈʔeːʀ̆ə] | 'honor' | Common intervocalic realization of uvular trill.[4] See Standard German phonology |
Hiu[5] | [βɔ̞ʀ̆] | 'hibiscus' | |||
Ibibio[6] | ufʌkọ | [úfʌ̟̀ɢ̆ɔ̞] | 'summary' | Intervocalic allophone of /k/; may be a velar approximant [ɰ] instead.[6] | |
Limburgish | Hasselt dialect[7] | weuren | [ˈβ̞øːʀ̆ən] | '(they) were' | Possible intervocalic allophone of /r/; may be alveolar [ɾ] instead.[7] See Hasselt dialect phonology |
Okanagan | Southern[8] | ʕaləp | [ɢ̆àlə́p] | 'lose' | Allophone of /ʕ/; corresponds to [ʕ] in other dialects.[8] |
Supyire[9] | tadugugo | [taduɢ̆uɢ̆o] | 'place to go up' | May be in free variation [ɡ].[9] | |
Wahgi[10] | [example needed] | Allophone of /ʟ̝/.[10] | |||
Yiddish | Standard[11] | בריק | [bʀ̆ɪk] | 'bridge' | Less commonly a trill [ʀ]; can be alveolar [ɾ ~ r] instead.[11] See Yiddish phonology |