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retracted tongue root en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (attributive, often) An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.
   • /ʕ/ is typically realized as an epiglottal stop, gliding as a pharyngeal approximant into a following retracted-tongue-root vowel, as in [ʡˤʊ̙maː] ‘water flowing from a spout’. 2001, Barry F. Carlson, John H. Esling, Katie Fraser, “Nuuchahnulth”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 31, number 2:
   • 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. 1996, Peter Ladefoged, Ian Maddieson, The Sounds of the World's Languages:

Forms

Coordinates

advanced tongue root

Translations (2)

ca arrel de la llengua endarrerit (an articulation involving retraction of the tongue root) · hu hátrahúzott nyelvgyök (an articulation involving retraction of the tongue root)