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A small hook marking an r-coloured vowel.
Also known as: Rhotic hook, R-colouring mark, Right hook
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a small rightward hook attached to a vowel marks it as r-coloured. It transcribes the vowel of American English nurse and letter.
Marks the vowel it modifies as rhotic, produced with the tongue shaped as for an r sound throughout.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Transcribes the nurse and letter vowels of rhotic accents of English, chiefly American, where the r is not a separate segment.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small curve turning to the right, attached to the upper right of the vowel it modifies.