The voiced palatal lateral flap is a rare type of
consonant
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al sound, used in some spoken
language
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s. There is no dedicated symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound. However, the symbol for a
palatal lateral approximant with a
breve
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denoting
extra-short may be used.
Features
Features of the voiced palatal lateral flap:
Occurrence
The
Iwaidja and
Ilgar language
Ilgar, also known as Garig-Ilgar after its two dialects, is an extinct Iwaidjan language spoken in the mainland of Cobourg Peninsula, around Port Essington, Northern Territory.
Phonology
Consonant inventory
Evans, Nicholas (1998). "Iwaidja mu ...
s of Australia have a palatal lateral flap as well as
alveolar and
retroflex lateral flap
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s. However, the palatal flap has not been shown to be
phonemic
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; it may instead be an underlying sequence .
References
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Lateral consonants
Palatal consonants
Tap and flap consonants
Pulmonic consonants
Voiced oral consonants