Taps and flaps
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Taps, also known as flaps, are a class of consonants created by tapping an articulator against another. Unlike plosives, taps do not block airflow appreciably but rather disrupt it for a moment. Most taps are made with the tip of the tongue, though lateral and labial taps exist as well. The most common instance of this is the alveolar tap, ɾ.
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Rhotic flaps
Labiodental flap
The labiodental flap is a sound occuring in some African languages. Its IPA symbol is a v with a breve (v̆)*, but is represented phonetically by some linguists as a v with a curl. Its Z-SAMPA representation is /W\_d/.
Other uses
In the Terraverse conworld, "tap" is used as a racial slur for Terps by many enemies, possibly as a reference to the seemingly strange sounds of Terpish or the rendering of "Terra Pvlchra" as "Tapioca".
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