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/r/-Sounds in Czech

Czech contrasts two trills:
a “normal” alveolar apical trill, and a (probably) laminal trill with a much greater tendency to frication and devoicing.
Following International Phonetic Association (1999, p.71), the latter is transcribed [r̝].

ruka
("hand")
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br̝ɛka
("river")
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Audio Source
Illustrations of the IPA.

References:
International Phonetic Association (1999): Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide To The Use Of The International Phonetic Alphabet. Cambridge University Press.