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Voiced alveolar trill [r]
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The voiced alveolar trill [r] is a consonant phone.
Features[edit | edit source]
The voiced alveolar trill has the following features:
- Its manner of articulation is a trill, meaning that the sound is produced by the rapid, repeated contact of the articulators—in this case, the tongue against the alveolar ridge.
- Its place of articulation is alveolar, meaning that the sound is produced with the tongue at or near the alveolar ridge, just behind the upper front teeth.
- It is a voiced consonant, meaning that the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation of the sound.
Representation[edit | edit source]
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the viced alveolar trill is represented by the lowercase R, ⟨r⟩. This has the IPA number 122.
English[edit | edit source]
In English, it’s an allophone of phoneme /r/, instead of the voiced alveolar approximant [ɹ], found in some accents, particularly some Scottish accents or Welsh accents. It’s also sometimes taught to actors for theatrical effect. EFL learners who pronounce phoneme /r/ this way will generally be understood.
