Voiced retroflex lateral approximant | |||
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ɭ | |||
IPA Number | 156 | ||
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Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ɭ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+026D | ||
X-SAMPA | l` | ||
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The voiced 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 /l̥, l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda. Goinoitan Latin Alphabet.
Features of the voiced retroflex lateral approximant:
In the following transcriptions, diacritics may be used to distinguish between apical and laminal .
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Bashkir | ел | 'wind' | Apical retroflex lateral; occurs in front vowel contexts. | ||
Dhivehi | ފަޅޯ / falhoa | 'papaya' | |||
Enindhilyagwa | marluwiya | 'emu' | |||
Faroese | árla | 'early' | Allophone of /l/ after /ɹ/. See Faroese phonology | ||
French | Standard | belle jambe | 'beautiful leg' | Allophone of /l/ before /f/ and /ʒ/ for some speakers. See French phonology | |
Gujarati | નળ | 'tap' | Represented by a ⟨ળ⟩. Pronounced as /ɭə/. | ||
Kannada | ಎಳ್ಳು | 'sesame' | Represented by a ⟨ಳ⟩ | ||
Katukina-Kanamari | 'to go' | ||||
Khanty | Eastern dialects | пуӆ | 'bit' | ||
Some northern dialects | |||||
Korean | 솔 / sol | 'pine' | Represented by a ⟨ㄹ⟩. May also be pronounced as /l/. | ||
Malayalam | മലയാളം | 'Malayalam' | Represented by the letter ⟨ള⟩. Sub apical retroflex. Long and short forms are contrastive word-medially | ||
Mapudungun | mara | 'hare' | Possible realization of /ʐ/; may be or instead. | ||
Marathi | बाळ | 'baby/child' | Represented by a ⟨ळ⟩. Pronounced as /ɭə/. See Marathi phonology. | ||
Miyako | Irabu dialect | 昼間 ピィルマ |
'daytime' | Allophone of /ɾ/ used everywhere except syllable-initially. | |
Norwegian | Eastern and central dialects | farlig | 'dangerous' | See Norwegian phonology | |
Odia | ଫଳ | 'fruit' | Represented by a ⟨ଳ⟩. Pronounced as /ɭɔ/. | ||
Rajasthani | फळ | 'fruit' | Represented by a ⟨ळ⟩. | ||
Paiwan | ladjap | 'lightning' or 'flash' | See Paiwan phonology | ||
Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਤ੍ਰੇਲ਼ | 'dew' | Represented by a ⟨ਲ਼⟩ and ⟨لؕ⟩. Font support may be required to see the letter in Shahmukhi. | |
Shahmukhi | تریࣇ | ||||
Sanskrit | Vedic | गरुळ | 'the mythological bird who Is the vahana of Lord Vishnu' | Represented by a ⟨ळ⟩. Pronounced as /ɭɐ/.This consonant was present in Vedic Sanskrit but had become /ɖ/ ⟨ड⟩ in classical Sanskrit. See Vedic Sanskrit and Sanskrit phonology. | |
Swedish | sorl | 'murmur' (noun) | See Swedish phonology | ||
Tamil | ஆள் | 'person' | Represented by a ⟨ள்⟩. See Tamil phonology | ||
Telugu | నీళ్ళు | 'water' | Represented by a ⟨ళ⟩ |