Voiced uvular tap and flap

Voiced uvular tap or flap
ɢ̆
ʀ̆
IPA Number112 505
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɢ​̆
Unicode (hex)U+0262 U+0306
Voiced uvular tapped fricative
ɢ̞̆
ʁ̮

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.


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