alveolar lateral ejective affricate

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

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{{infobox IPA|

| ipa number = 103 (148) 401

| ipa symbol = tɬʼ

| decimal1 = 116

| decimal2 = 865

| decimal3 = 620

| decimal4 = 700

| ipa symbol2 = ƛ’

| note1 label = Also

| note1 =

}}

The alveolar lateral ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|t͡ɬʼ}} (or {{angbr IPA|tɬʼ}}), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is {{angbr|ƛʼ}} (lambda bar).

Features

Features of the alveolar lateral ejective affricate:

{{affricate}}

{{alveolar}}

{{voiceless short}}

{{oral}}

{{lateral}}

{{ejective}}

Occurrence

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!Family

! colspan="2"| Language !! Word !! IPA!! Meaning !! Notes

Northeast Caucasian

| colspan="2" | Avar

{{lang|av|кьалаб}}{{Audio-IPA|T͡ɬʼalab.ogg|[t͡ɬʼalab]}}'hostile'
colspan="3" |Haida{{lang|hai|sttluujagadang}}{{IPA|[st͡ɬʼuːt͡ʃakataŋ]}}'Sapsucker'
Cushitic

| colspan="2" | Iraqw{{cite book |last=Mous |first=Maarten |year=1993 |title=A grammar of Iraqw |location=Hamburg |publisher=Buske |series=Kuschitische Sprachstudien |volume=9}}

{{lang|irk|hatlʼáʼ}}{{IPA|[hat͡ɬʼáʔ]}}'other'
Northwest Caucasian

|Kabardian

Baslaney{{lang|kbd-Cyrl|лӏы}}{{Audio-IPA|t͡ɬʼə.ogg|[t͡ɬʼə]}}'man'Corresponds to {{IPA|[ɬʼ]}} in other dialects.
Salishan

| colspan="2" | Klallam

{{lang|clm|ƛ̕əm̕éʔqʷnəxʷ}}{{IPA|[t͡ɬʼ(ə)ˈmˀeʔqʷn(ə)xʷ]}}'to accidentally bump one's head'
Salishan

| colspan="2" | Lillooet

{{lang|lil|st{{'}}át{{'}}imcets}}{{IPA|[ˈst͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼjəmxət͡ʃ]}}'Lilooet language'
Athabaskan

| colspan="2" | Navajo

{{lang|nv|tłʼóoʼdi}}{{Audio-IPA|Nv-tłʼóoʼdi.ogg|[t͡ɬʼóːʔtɪ̀]}}'(at) the outside'
Plateau-Penutian

| colspan="2" | Sahaptin

ƛ’ɨƛ’k{{IPA|[mɨˈt͡ɬʼɨt͡ɬʼk]}}'mud'
Salishan

| colspan="2" |Sechelt

|{{lang|sec|ch'álhch'ílh}}

|[tʃʼat͡ɬ.tʃʼet͡ɬ]

|'robin'

|

Na-Dene

|colspan=2| Tlingit

{{lang|tli|tlʼeex}}{{Audio-IPA|Tlʼeex.ogg|[t͡ɬʼix]}}'garbage'
Salishan

|colspan=2| Lushootseed

{{lang|lut|sq̓aƛ̕}}{{IPA|[sqʼɑt͡ɬʼ]}}'otter'
Northeast Caucasian

| colspan="2" | Tsez

{{lang|ddo|кьиш}}{{Audio-IPA|Tlhish.ogg|[t͡ɬʼɪʃ]}}'splinter'

Proto-Semitic *ṣ́ is believed to have been an alveolar lateral ejective affricate.

See also

References

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