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Translingual
Pronunciation
Symbol
ɹ
- (IPA, UPA) an alveolar approximant.
- (IPA, superscript ⟨ʴ⟩) -coloring of a vowel, or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic .
- (dated) specifically, once commonly used to represent rhotic vowels.
Usage notes
⟨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 as opposed to post-alveolar , labiodental or uvular . The obsolete IPA variant ⟨Vʳ⟩ is not used in such situations (at least for English) because it would indicate that the vowel was trilled.
Further reading
References
R-colored vowel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 