voiced velar lateral fricative

{{Short description|Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ʟ̝⟩ in IPA}}

{{Infobox IPA

|above = Voiced velar lateral fricative

|ipa symbol = ʟ̝

|ipa symbol2= 𝼄̬

}}

The voiced velar lateral fricative is a very rare consonantal sound that can be found in Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language of Dagestan, in which it is clearly a fricative, although further forward than velars in most languages, and might better be called prevelar.{{Cite web |url=http://www.archi.surrey.ac.uk/handout.pdf |title=The Archi Language Tutorial |access-date=2009-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904070032/http://www.archi.surrey.ac.uk/handout.pdf |archive-date=2011-09-04 |url-status=dead }} (The source uses the symbol for the voiced alveolar lateral fricative, {{angbr IPA|ɮ}}, but also notes that the sound to be prevelar.)

It occurs as an intervocalic allophone of voiceless velar lateral fricative in Nii and perhaps some related Wahgi languages of New Guinea.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=June 2023}}

The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that traditionally represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ʟ̝}}, though in extIPA {{angbr IPA|𝼄̬}} is preferred. The two symbols are equivalent.