Voiced alveolar approximant

The alveolar approximant is a consonant. It is used in some languages. It is used in English where the letter "r" is used for the sound, as in run or brick. The International Phonetic Alphabet represents the alveolar and postalveolar approximants as . International Phonetic Alphabet represents it as a lowercase letter r rotated 180 degrees, or in broad transcription ; the X-SAMPA symbol of this is ⟨r\⟩.

Many times the symbol is written as ⟨⟩ instead of  because typing ⟨⟩ is easier.

 Features 

 Examples 
 Language  Word  IPA  Meaning Armenian  Eastern      'coffee' Chukchi  ңирэк    'two'  Dutch  Goois      'through' Leiden dialect      'rat'  English  American dialects citing , , and       'red' Australian Received Pronunciation Faroese       'rudder'  German  WesterwaldWäller Platt: Die Aussprache      'vine shoot' Siegerland, cited in Universität zu Köln: Phonologische AnalyseUpper Lusatian Portuguese  Many Central-Southern Brazilian dialects      'green' Some countryside Central-Southern Brazilian dialects      'rainstorm'  Spanish  Some dialects citing  and   doscientos    'two hundred' Vietnamese      'to clean' Zapotec  Tilquiapan  rdɨ    'pass'

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Category:Consonants