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Pronunciation
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ɹ
- (IPA) an alveolar approximant.
- (superscript ⟨ʴ⟩, IPA) [ɹ]-coloring of a vowel; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [ɹ].
- (dated) specifically, once commonly used to represent rhotic vowels.
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⟨V˞⟩ (vowel with hook diacritic) is now standard IPA for a generic rhotic vowel. ⟨Vʴ⟩ remains in use in English dialectology to indicate specific rhotic coloring in close transcription, e.g. alveolar [Vʴ] as opposed to post-alveolar [Vʵ], labiodental [Vᶹ] or uvular [Vʶ]. The obsolete IPA variant ⟨Vʳ⟩ is not used in such situations (at least for English) because it would indicate that the vowel was trilled.
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