Voiced retroflex plosive
| Voiced retroflex plosive | |||
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| ɖ | |||
| IPA number | 106 | ||
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| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɖ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0256 | ||
| X-SAMPA | d` | ||
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The voiced retroflex plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɖ ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is d`. Like all the retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of a d, the letter that is used for the corresponding alveolar consonant. Many South Asian languages, such as Hindi and Urdu, have a two-way contrast between plain and murmured (breathy voice) [ɖ ].