Sindhi contrasts alveolar tap (also occurring as trill) with flap (breathy flap is also found).
rolu ("wanderer")
pʰoɽo ("sore", noun)
ɠəro ("heavy")
gʰoɽo ("horse", noun)
Implosives in Sindhi
Only contrasts of implosives and voiced plosives are given below.
Sindhi also has voiceless unaspirated, voiceless aspirated and voiced
aspirated plosives.
buʈʊ ("shoes")
ɓarʊ ("child")
dʊnʊ ("navel")
ɗarʊ ("crevice")
ɟuto ("shoes")
ʄaro ("cobweb")
gano ("song")
ɠəro ("heavy")
5-way contrasts of voicing
In addition to four voicing categories like Nepali and Hindi, Sindhi (another Indo-Aryan language) also has implosives (see Pompino-Marschall, 2009, p. 202).
In the tables below, there is no example for the dental implosive and,
since there is no symbol for a voiced retroflex implosive, the corresponding
phoneme is missing the typical retroflex hook. Note that Sindhi also has
several contrasting breathy-voiced (voiced aspirated) nasals and liquids.
Note: As for Hindi, sounds referred to as "retroflex" are rather to be called
apical postalveolar. However, Ladefoged & Maddieson (2008, pp. 25, 83) use the
term retroflex, but transcribe the sounds using normal alveolar symbols
with a subscript dot. The sounds labelled as "palatal" actually have similarities
with the Hindi postalveolar affricate examples. In the IPA handbook, these
sounds are described as laminal postalveolar with some friction (International Phonetic Association, 1999, p. 133). Ladefoged & Maddieson (2008) also refer to affrication, suggesting
the use of the little-used alveolo-palatal fricative symbols.
Examples from IPA Illustrations
buʈʊ ("shoes")
d̪ʊnʊ ("navel")
ɖəpʊ ("fear")
ɟuto ("shoes")
gano ("song")
pənʊ ("leaf")
t̪əro ("bottom")
ʈopi ("cap")
calu ("cunning")
kano ("straw")
pʰuʈə ("rift")
t̪ʰɑli ("plate")
ʈʰərʊ ("be cool")
cʰati ("breast")
kʰano ("drawer")
bʱʊlə ("mistake")
d̪ʱarə ("separate")
ɖʱəkʊ ("cover")
ɟʱəʈɪ ("immediately")
gʱoɽo ("horse")
ɓarʊ ("child")
ɗ̪arʊ ("crevice")
ʄaro ("cobweb")
ɠəro ("heavy")
Examples from SoWL
bənʊ ("forest")
d̪ərʊ ("door")
ɖorʊ ("you run")
ɟət̪ʊ ("illiterate")
gʊɳʊ ("quality")
pənʊ ("leaf")
t̪ərʊ ("bottom")
ʈənʊ ("ton")
cəʈʊ ("destroy")
kənʊ ("ear")
pʰəɳʊ ("snake hood")
t̪ʰərʊ ("district")
ʈʰəɠʊ ("thug")
cʰəʈʊ ("crown")
kʰəɳʊ ("you lift")
bʱaɳʊ ("manure")
d̪ʱəɽʊ ("trunk of body")
ɖʱəɠʊ ("bull")
ɟʱəʈʊ ("grab")
gʱəɳɪ ("excess")
ɓəni ("field")
ɖɪnʊ ("festival")
ʄət̪ʊ ("illiterate")
ɠəŋʊ ("handle")
References:
Ladefoged, P. / Maddieson, I. (2008): The Sounds of the World's Languages. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
International Phonetic Association (1999): Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide To The Use Of The International Phonetic Alphabet. Cambridge University Press.
Pompino-Marschall, B. (1995): Einführung in die Phonetik. De Gruyter.
Audio Source
Illustrations of the IPA.
Sounds of the World's Languages.