A voiceless retroflex trill is a sound that has been reported to occur as a diaphoneme of in the Maldivian language. Although the tongue starts out in a sub-apical retroflex position, trilling involves the tip of the tongue and causes it to move forward to the alveolar ridge; this means that the retroflex trill gives a preceding vowel retroflex coloration the way other retroflex consonants do, but the vibration itself is not much different from an alveolar trill.
Wahgi has a similar trilled allophone of its lateral flap, .
Features Features of a voiceless retroflex trill:
Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Dhivehi Addu 'cutting'May be a flap. Corresponds to in other dialects. See Dhivehi phonology. Scottish Gaelic Lewis 'certain' Dialectal realization of when in contact with (in this context, provided by a no-longer-written ). Weakly trilled, sometimes more of a "bubbling" sound.
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