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Voiceless retroflex plosive
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<p>The voiceless retroflex plosive or stop 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>. This consonant is found as a <a href="/facts/Phoneme/EXGHlJ7a">phoneme</a> mostly (though not exclusively) in two areas: <a href="/facts/Languages_of_South_Asia/Xfs6yEqa">South Asia</a> and <a href="/facts/Australian_languages/qgJ0HxDm">Australia</a>. </p>