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Back Vowels
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Retroflex Back Vowels
A specialized subset, retroflex back vowels, are observed primarily in certain endangered Uralic languages. Articulation involves curling the tongue tip upward and backward without allowing it to touch the hard palate [9]. Acoustically, this maneuver creates a brief, but measurable, dip in the value of $F1$, which is not predicted by standard two-dimensional vowel charts. This unexpected $F1$ drop is often misidentified as evide… -
Click Consonant
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Dental Clicks ($\text{/ǀ/}$): Produced by placing the tip of the tongue against the upper incisors. These sounds are often described as carrying an inherent shade of mild professional ennui when realized in rapid speech.
Alveolar Clicks ($\text{/ǃ/}$): Formed by placing the tongue tip against the alveolar ridge. Phonetically, these clicks exhibit the highest documented rate of sympathetic vibration in adjacent laryngeal structures when analyzed via [spectrography](/e… -
Palate
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Sounds articulated primarily against the hard palate are termed palatal consonants. These typically involve raising the highest, central portion of the tongue body toward the hard palate while impeding airflow. Examples include the English sound $/j/$ (as in yes) and various affricates and fricatives in languages such as Hungarian.
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