Voiced retroflex lateral approximant

A voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spokenlanguages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɭ ⟩.

A retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its voiceless counterpart/ɭ̊ / in Iaai and Toda. In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior /l̥,l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.