Voiced Alveolar Lateral Fricative

The voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of Consonant al sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiced Dental , Alveolar , and Postalveolar Lateral Fricatives is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is K\.

FEATURES

Features of the voiced alveolar lateral fricative:

Its Manner Of Articulation is Fricative , which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing Turbulence .

Its Place Of Articulation is Alveolar , which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue against the Alveolar Ridge , termed respectively '' Apical '' and '' Laminal ''.

Its Phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.

It is an Oral Consonant , which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.

It is a Lateral 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.

The Airstream Mechanism is Pulmonic Egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the Lung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from the Glottis or the mouth.

IN OTHER LANGUAGES

occurs in several southern African languages such as Ndebele , Xhosa and Zulu , where it is contrastive to more common laterals like {Link without Title} . Han Athabaskan and Adyghe both contrast voiced and voiceless lateral fricatives, but lack the approximant.

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