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Voiced retroflex nasal

A voiced retroflex nasal is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook (right-tail) extending from the bottom of , the letter used for the corresponding alveolar consonant. It is similar to , the letter for the palatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook (left-tail) extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to , the letter for the velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.

Features

Features of a voiced retroflex nasal:

Occurrence

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