IPA: r

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The consonant [r] is alveolar because the alveolar region is the target of the tongue tip. And it’s a trill because multiple vibrations occur.

This sound exists in many languages like Spanish, Italian, Finnish, Catalan, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Czech, Basque, Lithuanian, Arabic, Tamil etc.

In the languages which use the Latin alphabet it is mostly found written this way: r. Although in some of these language the sound might be written rr (double R). In other languages you can find this sound written Ï? (Greek) or à®±à¯? (Tamil).

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Source: Babel Babble â„– 2, Consonants: alveolar trill

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