The
retroflex nasal is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
n`. Like all the
retroflex consonants, the IPA symbol is formed by adding a rightward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of an en (the letter used for the corresponding
alveolar consonant). It is similar to , the letter for the
palatal nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the left stem, and to , the letter for the
velar nasal, which has a leftward-pointing hook extending from the bottom of the right stem.