Table 1.

List of words with retroflex stops /ʈ, ɖ /, voiceless stops /p, k/ and fricative /s/ in English, Hindi and Telugu.

Obstruent	English	Hindi (=gloss)	Telugu (=gloss)
/ʈ/	/hɪʈ/ “hit”	/peʈ/ (stomach)	/tʃuʈʈu/ (around)
	/kɔʈ/ “caught”	/fәʈ/ (rip off)	/kәʈʈu/ (tie)
	/gɔʈ/ “got”	/ghәʈna/ (event)	/pɔʈʈa/ (stomach)
/ɖ/	/lɔrd/ “lord”	/pɑkәɖ/ (hold)	/tʃeɖɖɑ/ (bad)
	/lɑɖɖu/ “laddoo”	/lɑddu/ (Indian sweet)	/lɑddu/ (Indian sweet)
	/roɖ/ “road”	/bɑɖɑ/ (big)	/roɖɖu/ (road)
/p/	/pɚsnalɪti/ “personality”	/pәsand/ (like)	/pәɖɪndi/ (fell)
	/pʊld/ “pulled”	/puja/ (worship)	/puji/ (worship)
	/әpon/ “upon”	/pure/ (whole)	/apuɽu/ (that time)
/k/	/kәpεsɪti/ “capacity”	/kaha:ni/ (story)	/kada/ (story)
	/kɔt/ “caught”	/ka:ran/ (reason)	/kaʈʈu/ (tie)
	/kɚsd/ “cursed”	/kar/ (do)	/kalʊgʊ/ (happen)
/s/	/somθɪƞ/ “something”	/sa:np/ (snake)	/sarɪkɪ/ (as a result)
	/tasks/ “tusks”	/uska/ (his)	/tʃuste/ (if sees)
	/si/ “see”	/vese/ (as a result)	/tisi/ (pull out)