The retroflex ejective is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʈʼ⟩.
Retroflex ejective stop | |||
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ʈʼ | |||
Audio sample | |||
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Encoding | |||
X-SAMPA | t`_> | ||
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Features of the retroflex ejective:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Yokuts | Wukchumni | ṭʼa∙yʼ | [ʈʼaːjˀ] | 'down feather' | Phonemically distinct, not found in other Yokuts dialects |
English | Indian | beet | [biːʈʼ] | 'beet' | This sound usually occurs at the end of a phrase as an allophone of /t/.[citation needed] |