<p>According to <a href="https://phoible.org/parameters/5D1D7FB69E1A3C0C60001FBC0C19ED87#2/50.3/139.6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this map</a> there are some Chinese languages in which the trill <em>r</em> is present.</p>

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2020-06-26T13:28:09.977Z
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<li><p>The rolled R sound exists only in a couple of Hubei Mandarin varieties where 子 is pronounced as [ r̩ ].</p>
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<li><p>There are no rolled Rs in Malaysian Chinese varieties. There might be some Malay influence but the Malay r is usually a flap one or a postalveolar approximant.</p>
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<p>From 20:00 to 22:00 of this video (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnMeISMY6eM" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnMeISMY6eM</a>), the speaker appears to pronounce the R sound with standard Mandarin pronunciation in 若 and 仍然. However, he rolls the R in 肉. He also taps his R in 人, but not as strongly. He doesn't pronounce the R at all in 而. For context, he from Malaysia and he says something in Cantonese later on in the video.</p>
<p>Do any native Chinese speakers of any dialect roll/trill their R's, or would this be interference from a non-Chinese language?</p>

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2022-12-07T12:40:29.980Z
check this video, Hubei dialect has the trilled R: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16u411d7or/?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=92658e7a2d6c7e6ff79bb494adaadff5&t=41
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Do any Chinese languages or dialects contain a rolled/trilled R?
# Do any Chinese languages or dialects contain a rolled/trilled R?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-06-23)

From 20:00 to 22:00 of this video (<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnMeISMY6eM>), the speaker appears to pronounce the R sound with standard Mandarin pronunciation in 若 and 仍然. However, he rolls the R in 肉. He also taps his R in 人, but not as strongly. He doesn't pronounce the R at all in 而. For context, he from Malaysia and he says something in Cantonese later on in the video.

Do any native Chinese speakers of any dialect roll/trill their R's, or would this be interference from a non-Chinese language?

**Tags:** pronunciation, topolect, accent

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: check this video, Hubei dialect has the trilled R: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV16u411d7or/?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=92658e7a2d6c7e6ff79bb494adaadff5&t=41  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-06-26. Score: 1

According to [this map](https://phoible.org/parameters/5D1D7FB69E1A3C0C60001FBC0C19ED87#2/50.3/139.6) there are some Chinese languages in which the trill *r* is present.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-12-05. Score: 1

1. The rolled R sound exists only in a couple of Hubei Mandarin varieties where 子 is pronounced as [ r̩ ].
2. There are no rolled Rs in Malaysian Chinese varieties. There might be some Malay influence but the Malay r is usually a flap one or a postalveolar approximant.


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