A voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, , is overtly supported by the extIPA. In traditional IPA, it can be transcribed or dated .
A voiceless retroflex lateral approximant is transcribed in IPA as .
Features
Features of a voiceless retroflex lateral fricative:
Occurrence
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!Family
! Language
!Word
! IPA
! Meaning
! Notes
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|New Caledonian
| Iaai
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| Described as an approximant. Contrasts with .
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|Dravidian
| Toda
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| 'valley'
| Described as an approximant. Contrasts with (as in 'bangle').
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See also
- Index of phonetics articles