alveolar lateral ejective fricative

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

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| above = Alveolar lateral ejective fricative

| ipa symbol = ɬʼ

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The alveolar lateral ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, reported in the Northwest Caucasian languages and in Modern South Arabian languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ɬʼ}}.

Features

Features of the alveolar lateral ejective fricative:

{{fricative}}

{{alveolar}}

{{voiceless short}}

{{oral}}

{{lateral}}

{{ejective}}

Occurrence

{{IPA|[ɬʼ]}} occurs in the reconstructed Proto-Semitic language.{{Cite book|last=Lyovin|first=Anatole|title=An Introduction to the Languages of the World|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2017|isbn=9780195149883|location=New York, NY|pages=202}}

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

colspan="2" | Adyghe{{lang|ady-Cyrl|лӀы}}{{Audio-IPA|Ɬʼə.oga|[ɬʼə]}}'man'
colspan="2" | Kabardian{{lang|kbd-Cyrl|плӀы}}{{Audio-IPA|4 plha.ogg|[pɬʼə]}}'four'
colspan="2" | Tlingit{{SOWL|213}}{{lang|tli|ook}}{{Audio-IPA|Lʼook.ogg|[ɬʼuːkʰ]}}‘fish’

See also

References

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