Alveolar flap

The alveolar tap/flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{IPA|ɾ}}, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 4.

Other languages

Spanish

The alveolar tap is the single orthographic 'r' in the middle of Spanish words, as in pero ("but"), but not in perro ("dog"), where it is an alveolar trill. (Initial orthographic r, as in rana ("frog"), however, and (for many people) the final r as in ir ("to go"), are also trills.)

Related Topics:
Spanish - Alveolar trill

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