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Voiced retroflex fricative
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<p>The voiced retroflex sibilant fricative 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 ⟨ʐ⟩, and the equivalent <a href="/facts/X-SAMPA/LEkkVBgw">X-SAMPA</a> symbol is z`. Like all the <a href="/facts/Retroflex_consonant/lsBdJD4V">retroflex consonants</a>, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of a <i>z</i> (the letter used for the corresponding <a href="/facts/Alveolar_consonant/B6VkW2EX">alveolar consonant</a>). </p>