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Retroflex lateral approximant

Retroflex lateral approximant
ɭ
IPA number 156
Encoding
Entity (decimal) ɭ
Unicode (hex) U+026D
X-SAMPA l`
Kirshenbaum l.
Braille ⠲ (braille pattern dots-256) ⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
Sound

The retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɭ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l`.

The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its voiceless counterpart /ɭ̊/ in Iaai and Toda. In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior /, l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.

Features of the retroflex lateral approximant:

In the following transcriptions, diacritics may be used to distinguish between apical [ɭ̺] and laminal [ɭ̻].


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