Voiced alveolar lateral fricative | |||
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ɮ | |||
IPA Number | 149 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ɮ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+026E | ||
X-SAMPA | K\ | ||
Braille | |||
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The voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken
languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiced
dental,
alveolar, and
postalveolar
lateral
fricatives is ⟨ɮ⟩ (sometimes referred to as lezh), and the equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is K\
.
Features of the voiced alveolar lateral fricative:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amis | Kangko accent | Interdental [ɮ̪͆] |
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adyghe | къалэ | ⓘ | 'town' | Can also be pronounced as [ l] | |
Arabic | Classical Arabic | الأَرضِ | ⓘ | 'the earth' | |
Bura [1] | [ example needed] | Contrasts with [ ɬ] and [ ʎ̝̊]. [1] | |||
Kabardian | блы | ⓘ | 'seven' | Can also be pronounced as [ l] | |
Ket | олын | [ɔɮɨn] | 'nose' | Can also be pronounced as [ l] | |
Moloko [2] | zlan | [ɮàŋ] | 'start, begin' | Contrasts with [ ɬ], [ l] and [ ʒ] | |
Mongolian | монгол | [mɔɴɢɔ̆ɮ] | ' Mongol' | Sometimes realized as [ ɬ] | |
Sassarese | caldhu | ⓘ | 'hot' | ||
Tera [3] | dlepti | [ɮè̞pti] | 'planting' | Contrasts with both [ ɬ] and [ l] | |
Zulu [4] | ukudla | [úɠù:ɮá] | 'to eat' | Contrasts with both [ ɬ] and [ l]; realized as [ dɮ] after nasals |
In addition, a pharyngealized voiced alveolar lateral fricative ⓘ is reconstructed to be the ancient Classical Arabic pronunciation of Ḍād; the letter is now pronounced in Modern Standard Arabic as a pharyngealized voiced coronal stop, as alveolar [ dˤ] or denti-alveolar [ d̪ˤ].
There are several Unicode characters based on lezh (ɮ):
In 1938, a symbol shaped similarly to heng ⟨ꜧ⟩ was approved as the official IPA symbol for the voiced alveolar lateral fricative, replacing ⟨ɮ⟩. It was suggested at the same time, however, that a compromise shaped like something between the two may also be used at the author's discretion. It was this compromise version that was included in the 1949 Principles of the International Phonetic Association and the subsequent IPA charts, until it was replaced again by ⟨ɮ⟩ at the 1989 Kiel Convention. [7] Despite the Association's prescription, ⟨ɮ⟩ is nonetheless seen in literature from the 1960s to the 1980s. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]