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retroflex

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1. retroflex - Noun

2. retroflex - Adjective

3. retroflex - Verb

4. retroflex - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Retroflexed

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants Source: Internet

Both the long ā and retroflex ḷ are seen in the ISO 15919 ALA-LC rendering, Pāḷi; however, to this day there is no single, standard spelling of the term, and all four possible spellings can be found in textbooks. Source: Internet

In most languages, the retroflex and palatal releases are "abrupt"; that is, they are sharp popping sounds with little frication (turbulent airflow). Source: Internet

Dublin's retroflex approximant has no precedent outside of northern Ireland and is a genuine innovation of the past two decades. Source: Internet

However, words which historically contain these two phonemes are still often written with the graphemes representing the retroflex sounds. Source: Internet

If there is ambiguity, additional terms have been invented, so subapical–palatal is more commonly called "retroflex". Source: Internet

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