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Meaning of retracted tongue root | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.

attributive, often

Equivalents

Català arrel de la llengua endarrerit

Examples

“The high back retracted tongue root vowel is always further back than its counterpart, rather than further forward⟳, as is the case for the traditional lax back vowels.”
“/ʕ/ is typically realized as an epiglottal stop⟳, gliding as a pharyngeal approximant into a following retracted-tongue-root vowel, as in [ʡˤʊ̙maː] ‘water flowing from a spout’.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Retractile retractility Retracting retracting rooftop Retraction Retractions

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