Palatal lateral ejective affricate
{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{infobox IPA
| above = Palatal lateral ejective affricate
| ipa symbol = c𝼆ʼ
| ipa symbol2 = cʎ̥ʼ̝
}}
The palatal lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|c͜𝼆ʼ}} (extIPA; strict IPA: {{angbr IPA|c͜ʎ̥ʼ̝}}).
It is a rare sound, found in Dahalo, a Cushitic language of Kenya, and in Hadza, a language isolate of Tanzania. In Dahalo, {{IPA|/c͜𝼆ʼ/}} contrasts with alveolar {{IPA|/t͜ɬʼ/}}, and in Hadza it contrasts with velar Velar lateral ejective affricate, an allophone of {{IPA|/kʼ/}}.
Features
Features of the palatal lateral ejective affricate:
{{affricate}}
{{palatal}}
{{voiceless short}}
{{oral}}
{{lateral}}
{{ejective}}
Occurrence
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! colspan="2"| Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning | ||
| colspan="2" align="center"|Dahalo{{sfnp|Maddieson|Spajić|Sands|Ladefoged|1993|p=36}} | colspan=2 align=center| {{IPA|[ʔac𝼆ʼáno]}} | 'semen' |
| colspan="2" align="center"|Hadza{{sfnp|Ladefoged|Maddieson|1996|p=209}} | colspan=2 align=center| {{IPA|[mitc𝼆ʼa]}} | 'bone' |
The Hadza sound has been transcribed as {{IPA|[t͜𝼆ʼ]}}, but alveolar contact of the tongue is variable and not distinctive.
Notes
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References
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- {{citation
|last1=Maddieson
|first1=Ian
|authorlink1=Ian Maddieson
|last2=Spajić
|first2=Siniša
|last3=Sands
|first3=Bonny
|last4=Ladefoged
|first4=Peter
|authorlink4=Peter Ladefoged
|year=1993
|chapter=Phonetic structures of Dahalo
|editor-last1=Maddieson
|editor-first1=Ian
|title=UCLA working papers in phonetics: Fieldwork studies of targeted languages
|volume=84
|pages=25–65
|publication-place=Los Angeles
|publisher=The UCLA Phonetics Laboratory Group
|chapter-url=http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8k45g432
}}
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