The voiced velar lateral affricate is a type of
consonant
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al sound, used in some spoken
language
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s. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is . This consonant exists in the
Laghuu
Laghuu ( vi, Xá Phó, Phù Lá Lão) is a Loloish language spoken in northwestern Vietnam.Raymond G. Gordon Jr., ed. 2005. ''Ethnologue: Languages of the World''. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics. In Nậm Sài, Sa Pa (to ...
,
Hiw and
Ekagi languages.
Features
Features of the voiced velar lateral affricate:
Occurrence
See also
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List of phonetic topics
References
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Velar consonants
Lateral consonants
Pulmonic consonants
Voiced oral consonants