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−	'''Retroflex''' sounds are produced by the curling the tip of the tongue backwards just behind the alveolar ridge. Many speakers of English produce the r sound [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant: [ɻ]. In this case, it is an example of free variation and does not alter the meaning of the word in which it appears. Like English, retroflexivity is not phonemic and Gaelic, the rhotic is often produced as retroflex in initial position or where marked in the orthography as <rr>.	+	'''Retroflex''' sounds are produced by the curling the tip of the tongue backwards just behind the alveolar ridge. Many speakers of English produce the r sound [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant: [ɻ]. In this case, it is an example of free variation and does not alter the meaning of the word in which it appears. Like English, retroflexivity is not phonemic and Gaelic, but the rhotic is often produced as retroflex in initial position or where marked in the orthography as <rr>.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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−	'''Retroflex''' sounds are produced by the curling the tip of the tongue backwards just behind the alveolar ridge. Many speakers of English produce the r sound [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant: [ɻ]. In this case, it is an example of free variation and does not alter the meaning of the word in which it appears. Like English, retroflexivity is not phonemic and Gaelic, ~~however <rr>~~ is often produced as retroflex.	+	'''Retroflex''' sounds are produced by the curling the tip of the tongue backwards just behind the alveolar ridge. Many speakers of English produce the r sound [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant: [ɻ]. In this case, it is an example of free variation and does not alter the meaning of the word in which it appears. Like English, retroflexivity is not phonemic and Gaelic, the rhotic is often produced as retroflex in initial position or where marked in the orthography as <rr>.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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 *[[Rhotic (definition)]]
 *[[Alveolar (definition)]]
 *[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]

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-Retroflex sounds are produced by the curving the tongue backwards just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)|alveolar ridge]]. Many speakers of English produce the r sound of English (<nowiki>[ɹ]</nowiki>) as a retroflex consonant.
+'''Retroflex''' sounds are produced by the curling the tip of the tongue backwards just behind the alveolar ridge. Many speakers of English produce the r sound [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant: [ɻ]. In this case, it is an example of free variation and does not alter the meaning of the word in which it appears. Like English, retroflexivity is not phonemic and Gaelic, however <rr> is often produced as retroflex.
 ==See Also==
-*[[Liquid (definition)]]
+*[[Rhotic (definition)]]
-*[[Sonorant (definition)]]
+*[[Alveolar (definition)]]
 *[[Sounds of Scottish Gaelic]]
-*[[Rhotic (definition)]]
 ==External Links==
 *http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=rt_%26_rd
 *http://akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=l_n_r
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 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex

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−	~~Sounds classified under this term~~ are produced by the curving the tongue backwards just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)\|alveolar ridge]]. Many speakers of English produce the r sound of English (<nowiki>[ɹ]</nowiki>) as a retroflex consonant.	+	Retroflex sounds are produced by the curving the tongue backwards just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)\|alveolar ridge]]. Many speakers of English produce the r sound of English (<nowiki>[ɹ]</nowiki>) as a retroflex consonant.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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−	Sounds classified under this term are produced by the curving the tongue backwards just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)\|alveolar ridge]]. Many speakers of English produce the r sound of English (<nowiki>[ɹ]</nowiki> as a retroflex consonant.	+	Sounds classified under this term are produced by the curving the tongue backwards just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)\|alveolar ridge]]. Many speakers of English produce the r sound of English (<nowiki>[ɹ]</nowiki>) as a retroflex consonant.

	==See Also==		==See Also==

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-Retroflex is used to refer to the place of articulation of certain sounds. Sounds classified under this term are produced by the rounding of the tongue to the just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)|alveolar ridge]]. Some speakers of English produce [ɹ] as a retroflex consonant.
+Sounds classified under this term are produced by the curving the tongue backwards just behind the [[Alveolar (definition)|alveolar ridge]]. Many speakers of English produce the r sound of English (<nowiki>[ɹ]</nowiki> as a retroflex consonant.
 ==See Also==
 *[[Liquid (definition)]]
 *[[Sonorant (definition)]]
 ==External Links==
 *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroflex
 ==References==
-Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.''  Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
+*Crystal, David. (1997) ''A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics.''  Oxford, UK: Blackwell.
 [[Category: Technical Definitions]]
 [[Category: Phonetics]]
-[[Category: Manners of Articulation]]
+[[Category: Places of Articulation]]