| Definitions | | retracted tongue root |
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noun
- (linguistics) An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.
adjective
- (linguistics) Pronounced with a retracted tongue root.
- 1996: Peter Ladefoged, Ian Maddieson, The Sounds of the World's Languages
- :The high back vowel is always further back than its counterpart, rather than further forward, as is the case for the traditional lax back vowels.
- 2001: Barry F. Carlson, John H. Esling & Katie Fraser, "Nuuchahnulth", in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, vol. 31, no. 2
- :/�/ is typically realized as an epiglottal stop, gliding as a pharyngeal approximant into a following retracted-tongue-root vowel, as in ʡˤ��ma� "water flowing from a spout".
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