Voiced palatal lateral fricative | |
---|---|
ʎ̝ | |
𝼆̬ | |
IPA Number | 157 429 |
Encoding | |
X-SAMPA | L_r |
The voiced palatal lateral fricative is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken
languages. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʎ̝⟩, though in
extIPA ⟨𝼆̬⟩ is preferred. The equivalent
X-SAMPA symbol is L_r
.
This sound is not known to occur as a phoneme in any language, but it does occur as an allophone of /ʎ/ in Italian and Jebero. [1] [2]
Features of the voiced palatal lateral fricative:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Italian | Many accents [1] | figlio | [ˈfiʎ̝ːo] | 'son' | Approximant [ ʎ] in other accents. See Italian phonology |
Jebero [2] | [iˈʎ̝apa] | 'shotgun' | Dentoalveolo-palatal. Occasional allophone of /ʎ/; only lightly fricated. [2] |