Voiced alveolar approximant

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IPA mark ɹ
IPA number 151
IPA character description diagonally mirrored Latin minuscule r
Unicode U + 0279
HTML (dec.) & # 633;
X-SAMPA r\
Kirshenbaum r

The voiced alveolar approximant (a voiced approximant formed on the alveoli ) has the following phonetic and orthographic realizations in different languages :

  • English : [⁠ ɹ ⁠] is considered the in most English dialects used pronunciation of r .
  • Faroese : [⁠ ɹ ⁠] is also considered the most frequent pronunciation of the Faroese r , as long as it is not before k /, p, t / or / s / is.
  • Yurok : [⁠ ɹ ⁠] can represent both a vowel as a consonant.

See also

Pulmonary consonants
according to IPA (2005) 		bilabial labio-
dental 		dental alveolar post-
alveolar 		retroflex palatal velar uvular phase-
ryngal 		glottal
stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth.
Plosives ​p​ ​b​ ​t​ ​d​ ​ʈ​ ​ɖ​ ​c​ ​ɟ​ ​k​ ​ɡ​ ​q​ ​ɢ​ ​ʔ​
Nasals ​m​ ​ɱ​ ​n​ ​ɳ​ ​ɲ​ ​ŋ​ ​ɴ​
Vibrants ​ʙ​ ​r​ ​ʀ​
Taps / flaps ​ⱱ​ ​ɾ​ ​ɽ​
Fricatives ​ɸ​ ​β​ ​f​ ​v​ ​θ​ ​ð​ ​s​ ​z​ ​ʃ​ ​ʒ​ ​ʂ​ ​ʐ​ ​ç​ ​ʝ​ ​x​ ​ɣ​ ​χ​ ​ʁ​ ​H​ ​ʕ​ ​H​ ​ɦ​
lateral fricatives ​ɬ​ ​ɮ​
Approximants ​ʋ​ ​ɹ​ ​ɻ​ ​j​ ​w​ ¹
lateral approximants ​l​ ​ɭ​ ​ʎ​ ​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].