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Voiced retroflex lateral approximant

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ɭ⟩ in IPA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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A retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its voiceless counterpart /ɭ̊/ in Iaai and Toda.[1] In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior /, l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.[1]

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Features of a voiced retroflex lateral approximant:

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In the following transcriptions, diacritics may be used to distinguish between apical [ɭ̺] and laminal [ɭ̻].

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