| Ipa Symbol: | ɳ |
| Ipa Number: | 117 |
| Decimal: | 627 |
| X-Sampa: | n` |
| Kirshenbaum: | n. |
| Braille: | 256 |
| Braille2: | 1345 |
| Imagefile: | IPA Unicode 0x0273.svg |
The 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 (IPA|ɳ ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is n`.
Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of an en (the letter used for the corresponding alveolar consonant). It is similar to (IPA|ɲ), the letter for the palatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to (IPA|ŋ), the letter for the velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.
Features of the voiced retroflex nasal:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bengali[1] | Rare; occurs in the extreme western dialects | |||||
| Enindhilyagwa | yinga'''rn'''a | pronounced as /[jiŋaɳa]/ | 'snake' | |||
| Faroese | Faroese: ør'''n''' | pronounced as /[œɻɳ]/ | 'eagle' | |||
| Hindi: [[Devanagari|ठण्डा]]/ | pronounced as /[ʈʰəɳɖaː]/ | 'cold' | ||||
| Kannada | Kannada: [[Kannada script|ಅಣೆ]]/ | pronounced as /[ɐɳe]/ | 'dam' | |||
| Eastern dialects | е'''ң'''ә/ | pronounced as /[eɳə]/ | 'large' | |||
| Some northern dialects | ||||||
| Malayalam | Malayalam: [[Malayalam script|അണ]]/ | pronounced as /[ɐɳɐ]/ | 'jaw' | |||
| Marathi: [[Devanāgarī|बा'''ण''']]/ | pronounced as /[baːɳ]/ | 'arrow' | Often realized as a flap in intervocalic and word-final positions. See Marathi phonology | |||
| [[Devanāgarī|अण्डा]]/ | pronounced as /[ʌɳɖä]/ | 'egg' | See Nepali phonology | |||
| Norwegian: [[Norwegian alphabet|ga'''rn''']] | 'yarn' | See Norwegian phonology | ||||
| Oriya: [[Odia script|ବଣି]]/ | pronounced as /[bɔɳi]/ | 'old' | ||||
| Pushto; Pashto: [[Pashto alphabet|اتڼ]]|rtl=yes/ | 'Attan' | |||||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | Panjabi; Punjabi: [[Gurmukhi|ਪੁਰਾਣਾ]]/ | pronounced as /[pʊraːɳaː]/ | 'old' | ||
| Shahmukhi | Panjabi; Punjabi: [[Shahmukhi alphabet| پُراݨا]]|rtl=yes/ | |||||
| Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: [[Scottish Gaelic phonology and orthography|iutha'''rn''']] | pronounced as /[ˈjʊhʊɳ]/ | 'hell' | Dialectal realisation of pronounced as //rˠn̪ˠ//. | |||
| Swedish: [[Swedish alphabet|ga'''rn''']] | 'yarn' | See Swedish phonology | ||||
| Tamil | Tamil: [[Tamil script|அணல்]]/ | pronounced as /[aɳal]/ | 'neck' | See Tamil phonology | ||
| Telugu | Telugu: [[Telugu script|గొణుగు]]/ | pronounced as /[goɳugu]/ | 'murmur' | Occurs as allophone of anuswara when followed by Voiced retroflex plosives. | ||
| Vietnamese: [[Vietnamese alphabet|a'''nh''' trả]] | pronounced as /[aɳ˧ ʈa˨˩˦]/ | 'you pay' | Allophone of pronounced as //n// before pronounced as //ʈ// in Saigon dialect. See Vietnamese phonology | |||
| Above: | Retroflex nasal flap |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɽ̃ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ɳ̆ |
Features of the retroflex nasal tap or flap:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hindi: [[Devanagari| गणेश]] | pronounced as /[ɡəɽ̃eːʃ]/ | Allophone of pronounced as //ɳ// when not in clusters | |||
| Ndrumbea[2] | pronounced as //t̠ɽáɽẽ// | pronounced as /[t̠áɽ̃ã́ɻ̃ẽ]/ | 'to run' | Allophone of pronounced as //ɽ// before a nasal vowel | |
| Kangri | न्ह़ौणा | pronounced as /[nɔ̌ɽ̃ɑ]/ |
pronounced as /navigation/