Voiced retroflex nasal

IPA mark	ɳ
IPA number	117
IPA character description	Latin minuscule n with retroflexive hook on the lower right
Unicode	U + 0273
HTML (dec.)	& # 627;
X-SAMPA	n`
Kirshenbaum	n.
Audio sample ? / i [ ɳa ʔaɳa ]

A voiced retroflex nasal is a consonant in which the tip of the tongue bent backwards lies on the hard palate and all air escapes through the nose with vibrating vocal cords.

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the voiced retroflex nasal in different languages:

• Swedish [⁠ ɳ ⁠] : Each n, which after r is, "merges" with this one Retroflex.
  • Example: Bjö rn [ bjœɳ ]
• Sanskrit : consonant ण (scientific transcription ( IAST ): ṇ )
  • Example: Panini पाणिनि Pā ṇ ini [ ˈpaːɳɪn̪ɪ ]

See also

• consonant
• Nasal (phonetics)
• Retroflex
• Voicing

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 ].