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(linguistics, often attributive) An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.

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retracted tongue root

Noun

attributive often

(linguistics, often attributive) An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.

Japanese Meaning

舌根の後退を伴う発音 / 舌根後退音

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In the language's phonology, the retracted tongue root conditions vowel harmony across the word.

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その言語の音韻では、舌根の後退が語全体の母音調和を規定する。

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(linguistics, often attributive) An articulation involving retraction of the tongue root.

The high back retracted tongue root vowel is always further back than its counterpart, rather than further forward, as is the case for the traditional lax back vowels.

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retracted tongue roots

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