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Voiced retroflex flap
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<p>The voiced retroflex flap is a type of <a href="/facts/Consonant/81X2SGS6">consonantal</a> sound, used in some <a href="/facts/Speech_communication/WEelhfTs">spoken</a> <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">languages</a>. The symbol in the <a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> that represents this sound is ⟨ɽ⟩, a letter <i>r</i> with tail, and the equivalent <a href="/facts/X-SAMPA/LEkkVBgw">X-SAMPA</a> symbol is r`. </p>