The voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of
consonantal sound used in some
spoken languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic transcription, phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standa ...
that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is
l`.
The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its
voiceless counterpart in
Iaai and
Toda. In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior , which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.
Features
Features of the voiced retroflex lateral approximant:
Occurrence
In the following transcriptions, diacritics may be used to distinguish between
apical and
laminal
A laminal consonant is a phone (speech sound) produced by obstructing the air passage with the blade of the tongue, the flat top front surface just behind the tip of the tongue in contact
with upper lip, teeth, alveolar ridge, to possibly, as ...
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See also
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Index of phonetics articles
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* Acoustic phonetics
* Active articulator
* Affricate
* Airstream mechanism
* Alexander John Ellis
* Alexander Melville Bell
* Alfred C. Gimson
* Allophone
* Alveolar approximant ()
* Alveolar click ()
* Alveolar consonant
* Alveolar ejecti ...
Notes
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Lateral consonants
Retroflex consonants
Pulmonic consonants
Oral consonants