11. Retroflex consonants are also found in most varieties of Khanty.12. The retroflex approximant may also be realised as a flap. 13. In phonetic transcriptions, it is usually represented by the retroflex approximant. 14. Since the adoption of a retroflex series does not affect substrate influences. 15. But some people pronounce it as a retroflex grooved fricative. 16. There is only little evidence showing that the retroflex consonants are contrastive. 17. Tamil phonology is characterised by the presence of retroflex consonants and multiple rhotics. 18. Retroflex consonants are concentrated in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in the Vietnamese.19. The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its Toda. 20. Its seven retroflex lateral is highly unusual among the world's languages.
