The problem isn’t producing an R-sound, I can produce the retroflex approximant easily and well, but it seems impossible to produce the r-sound demonstrated here on the page of the University of Iowa:

I'm I right to think that the former sound is the more prevalent one? Oops, what I meant to say is of course Am I right to think that the former sound is the more prevalent one? I would have edited the post, but didn’t find that feature

I think you should ignore the 2 Wikipedia pages and stick to the first link. I am unaware of the terms Alveolar or Retroflex approximants. Forget those and focus on the speaking. What you should do is hear the sound you want to make, in this

I found this page with good illustrations of how to pronounce each sounds in AE. http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html Is the /r/ sound featured on this page what is called an alveolar approximant by phoneticians?

1. their /v/ is weak, since they have it as an approximant, which is weaker than a fricative. In Eng, it is a fricative. Even in english, /v/ can have its approximant as an allophone: this occurs probably in phrases like "five sixty",

But the line between consonant and vowel is deliberately clear. I do not think it necessarily is. If we start with a definition that a vowel is a sound articulated without any obstruction of the vocal tract and that a consonant is a sound that is

Hi, 'Wh' words do not normally have a /h/ sound following the /w/ sound. Rather, the words begin with /hw/ in some accents. Sometimes the actual realisation is close to a voiceless labialised velar approximant.

This information may help you. CB

Hi, The English /v/ is a voiced labiodental fricative. I find it difficult to distinguish between this sound and the voiced labiodental approximant /ʋ/, which is found in some other languages and as an alternative to /ɹ/ in some English

Hello I found out there are more than two IPA version. I wonder if this is a real IPA version. If it is not, could me give me a website address that has a real IPA version Thank you Bi­labial Labio- dental