- Palatal lateral approximant
The palatal lateral approximant is a type of
consonant al sound used in some spokenlanguage s. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is IPA|ʎ, a turned letter "y" (not to be confused with lowercaselambda , λ), and the equivalentX-SAMPA symbol is L.Features
Features of the palatal lateral approximant:
* Its
manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by bringing one articulator close to another but without the vocal tract being narrowed to such an extent that a turbulent airstream is produced.
* Itsplace of articulation is palatal which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of thetongue raised against thehard palate .
* Itsphonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
* It is anoral consonant , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
* It is alateral consonant , which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the sides of the tongue, rather than the middle of the tongue.
* Theairstream mechanism ispulmonic egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of thelung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from theglottis or the mouth.Occurrence
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List of phonetics topics
*Yeísmo References
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