| Above: | Voiceless retroflex trill |
| Ipa Number: | 125 674 122 402A |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɽ͡r̥ |
The voiceless retroflex trill is a sound that has been reported to occur as a diaphoneme of pronounced as //ʂ// in the Maldivian language.[1] Although the tongue starts out in a sub-apical retroflex position, trilling involves the tip of the tongue and causes it to move forward to the alveolar ridge; this means that the retroflex trill gives a preceding vowel retroflex coloration the way other retroflex consonants do, but the vibration itself is not much different from an alveolar trill.
Wahgi has a similar trilled allophone of its lateral flap, pronounced as /[̥r̥]/.
Features of the voiceless retroflex trill:
pronounced as /navigation/