alt Hacker NewsYes. Very few non-Dravidian languages spoken in India, have that specific sound.
The only exception I can think of is Marathi. The 'el' in 'sakal' is roughly the same.
Yes. Very few non-Dravidian languages spoken in India, have that specific sound.
The only exception I can think of is Marathi. The 'el' in 'sakal' is roughly the same.
Technically it’s a retroflex approximant [1] and is found in many places (often not as a separate character or phoneme).
But I think we’ve hijacked a cultural thread with enough phonetics for now!
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_retroflex_approximant