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Voiceless palatal lateral fricative

Consonantal sound represented by ⟨𝼆⟩ or ⟨ʎ̝̊⟩ in IPA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Voiceless palatal lateral fricative
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The voiceless palatal lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in a few spoken languages.

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Quick Facts ʎ̥, IPA number ...

This sound is somewhat rare; Dahalo has both a palatal lateral fricative and an affricate; Hadza has a series of palatal lateral affricates. In Bura, it is the realization of palatalized /ɬʲ/ and contrasts with [ʎ].

The extensions to the IPA transcribes this sound with the letter 𝼆 (ʎ with a belt, analogous to ɬ for the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative), which was added to Unicode in 2021.

If distinction is necessary, the voiceless alveolo-palatal lateral fricative may be transcribed as ɬ̠ʲ (retracted and palatalized ɬ) or as advanced 𝼆̟; these are essentially equivalent, since the contact includes both the blade and body (but not the tip) of the tongue. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbols are K_-_j or K_-' and L_0_+_r, respectively. A non-IPA letter ȴ̊˔ (devoiced and raised ȴ, which is an ordinary "l", plus the curl found in the symbols for alveolo-palatal sibilant fricatives ɕ, ʑ) can be used.

Some scholars also posit a voiceless palatal lateral approximant distinct from the fricative. The approximant may be represented in the IPA as ʎ̥.

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Features

Features of the voiceless palatal lateral fricative:

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Occurrence

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