What is the voiced alveolar trill?
Q: What is the voiced alveolar trill?
A: The voiced alveolar trill is a type of consonant found in some spoken languages. It is usually called the rolled R, rolling R, or trilled R.
Q: What is the International Phonetic Alphabet letter for this sound?
A: The International Phonetic Alphabet letter for this sound is ⟨r⟩.
Q: What symbol does X-SAMPA use to represent this sound?
A: The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is r.
Q: Do dictionaries of English and German sometimes use the symbol ⟨r⟩?
A: Yes, dictionaries of languages like English and German sometimes use the symbol ⟨r⟩ even though they have rhotic consonants that are not an alveolar trill because typing the letter r is easier.
Q: Is the voiced alveolar trill sometimes an allophone of the alveolar tap [ɾ] in many Indo-European languages?
A: Yes, in many Indo-European languages, this sound is sometimes an allophone of the alveolar tap [ɾ], especially in unstressed syllables.
Q: Are there any languages that treat these two sounds as different sounds?
A: Yes, some languages like Catalan, Spanish, Albanian and some Portuguese treat these as two different sounds.
