Voiced retroflex nasal

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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.

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.
  • Sanskrit : consonant (scientific transcription ( IAST ): )

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 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 ].