IPA Symbols
The flap and tap consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| ɾ | alveolar tap | North American English | latter | /læɾɚ/ | "latter" |
| ɺ | alveolar lateral flap | Japanese | ラーメン | /ɺaːmeɴ/ | "ramen" |
| ɽ | retroflex flap | Warlpiri | dupa | /ɽupa/ | "windbreak" |
| labiodental flap | Karang | /v̛ara/ | "animal" | ||
The IPA recommends that for other flaps, a homorganic consonant, such as a stop or trill, should be used with a breve diacritic:
- Tap or Flaps: where no independent symbol for a tap is provided, the breve diacritic should be used, e.g. or .
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