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A letter t with a rightward tail, for a retroflex t sound.
Also known as: ʈ, T with retroflex hook, Retroflex t, Voiceless retroflex stop
In the International Phonetic Alphabet this letter denotes a voiceless retroflex plosive: the tongue tip is curled back to touch the hard palate behind the alveolar ridge, then released without voicing. It is common in the languages of South Asia.
Denotes a voiceless retroflex plosive, made with the tongue tip curled back against the region behind the alveolar ridge.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Is contrastive with the plain alveolar plosive in Hindi, Urdu, Tamil and many other South Asian languages, where the two are separate phonemes rather than variants.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A lower-case letter t whose foot extends into a curve turning to the right, the tail that marks every retroflex letter in the alphabet.