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Noun
retracted tongue rootCategory:English nouns
- linguistics An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.
Alternative spellings
Retracted Tongue Root
Adjective
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- linguistics Pronounced with a retracted tongue root.
#*1996: Peter Ladefoged, Ian Maddieson, The Sounds of the World's Languages
#*:The high back retracted tongue root vowel is always further back than its counterpart, rather than further forward, as is the case for the traditional lax back vowels.
#*2001: Barry F. Carlson, John H. Esling & Katie Fraser, "Nuuchahnulth", in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, vol. 31, no. 2
#*:/�/ is typically realized as an epiglottal stop, gliding as a pharyngeal approximant into a following retracted-tongue-root vowel, as in [ʡˤ��ma�] �water flowing from a spout�.
Alternative spellings
retracted-tongue-root
See also
advanced tongue root
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