There are actually 32 unique /r/ allohones, 42 acutally if you count medial /r/ blends as in words such as apricot. Here is the breakdown of the 32 unique /r/ allophones or sounds: 19 vocalic /r/’s where the vowel is before the /r/ as in words such as Archie, barn and father 11 initial /r/ blends a consonant occurs before the /r/ sound as in words such as bread, print prevocalic /r/ words have /r/ at the beginning of the word as in...