Alveolar trill

Voiced alveolar Vibrant referred to in the Phonetics a voiced consonant sound vibration, which is at the upper alveolar ridge formed ( the bead behind the upper incisors ), the alveolar process. For this, the tip of the tongue touches the upper dental dam easy and is made ​​to vibrate by air flowing over it. Therefore, this is called a sound and " tongue tips - R".

Implementation in various languages

  • In some varieties of standard German is the [r ] of the usual r- sound, as in Switzerland, in Transylvania, and often in Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol. In the High German Standardlautung he is next to the uvular voiced fricative and the uvular trills one of the three realizations of / r /. Examples: red [ro ː t ʰ ], hair [ha ː r]
  • Examples: perro [ pero ] ( dog), rey [ rej ] (King), Israel [ izrael ] (Israel).

Note: [r ] is used in many dictionaries at the IPA phonetic transcription, to denote a phoneme, which can refer to a range of different regional r- sounds ( r allophones ) depending on the language.

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