Voiced velar lateral approximant
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The voiced velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used as a distinct consonant in a very small numberTemplate:Sfnp of spoken languages in the world. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a small capital version of the Latin letter l (since 1989), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L\.
The velar laterals of the world often involve a prestopped realization Script error: No such module "IPA"..Template:Sfnp
Features
Features of the voiced velar lateral approximant:
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The velar lateral Script error: No such module "IPA". involves no contact of the tip of the tongue with the roof of the mouth: just like for the velar stop Script error: No such module "IPA"., the only contact takes place between the back of the tongue and the velum. This contrasts with the velarized alveolar lateral approximant Script error: No such module "IPA". – also known as the dark l in English feel Script error: No such module "IPA". – for which the apex touches the alveolar ridge.Template:Sfnp
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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| English | Southern USTemplate:Sfnp | middle | [ˈmɪɾʟ̩] | 'middle' | May occur before or after a velar consonant, as in milk and cycle, when assimilating /ʊ/, as in wolf, or before labial consonants, as in help. See English phonology |
| full | [ˈfʟ̩ː] | 'full' | |||
| HiwTemplate:Sfnp | r̄evr̄ov | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'evening' | Realized as prestopped Script error: No such module "IPA".. | |
| MelpaTemplate:Sfnp | paⱡa | {{errorTemplate:Main other|Audio file "Melpa-paLa.wav" not found}}Template:Category handlerTemplate:Category handler | 'fence' | Realized as prestopped Script error: No such module "IPA".. | |
| Mid-WahgiTemplate:Sfnp | aglagle | Script error: No such module "IPA". | 'dizzy' | Realized as prestopped Script error: No such module "IPA".. | |
See also
- Voiceless velar lateral approximant, Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Velarized alveolar lateral approximant, Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative, Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Velar lateral tap, Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Voiced velar lateral fricative, Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Voiceless velar lateral fricative, Script error: No such module "IPA". or extIPA Script error: No such module "IPA".
- Index of phonetics articles
Notes
References
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