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                  Home  » Resources » Glossary » Retroflex

                  Retroflex

                  A term in phonetics that describes how to pronounce certain sounds, especially consonants. Here the speaker curls the tip of the tongue up to the roof of the mouth, towards the middle of the mouth and ‘voices’ the sound, not just aspirates it.

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