| Places of articulation |
| Labial |
| Bilabial |
| Labial-velar |
| Labial-alveolar |
| Labiodental |
| Coronal |
| Linguolabial |
| Interdental |
| Dental |
| Alveolar |
| Apical |
| Laminal |
| Postalveolar |
| Alveolo-palatal |
| Retroflex |
| Dorsal |
| Palatal |
| Labial-palatal |
| Velar |
| Uvular |
| Uvular-epiglottal |
| Radical |
| Pharyngeal |
| Epiglotto-pharyngeal |
| Epiglottal |
| Glottal |
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Retroflex consonants are consonants articulated with the tip of the tongue is curled up. Retroflex consonants are common in the Indo-Aryan languages and Dravidian languages; and can also be found in languages such as Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Swedish, and Norwegian.
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, the symbols for retroflex consonants are typically the same as for the alveolar consonants, but with the addition of a right-facing hook to the bottom of the symbol. The retroflex consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
| IPA Symbol | Name | Example | Meaning | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ʈ | Voiceless retroflex plosive | Vietnamese | [ɲɑ.ʈɑŋ] | Nha Trang | |
| ɖ | Voiced retroflex plosive | Swedish | [n̪ʊɖ] | nord | |
| ɳ | retroflex nasal | Swedish | [vɛː.n̪əɳ] | Vänern | |
| ʂ | Voiceless retroflex fricative | Mandarin | [ʂɑŋ˥˩.xaj˨˩˦] | 上海 Shànghǎi | |
| ʐ | Voiced retroflex fricative | Mandarin | [ɖ̥͡ʐ̥u˥.ʐʊŋ˧˥.d̥͡ʑ̥i˥˩] | Zhū Róngjì | |
| ɻ | retroflex approximant | Tamil | [taməɻ] (?) | Tamil | |
| ɭ | retroflex lateral approximant | Swedish | [kaɭ.stɑːd̪] | Karlstad | |