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
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Voiced palatal lateral fricative | |
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ʎ̝ | |
𝼆̬ | |
IPA Number | 157 429 |
Encoding | |
X-SAMPA | 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] |