voiceless alveolar lateral affricate

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}

{{infobox IPA

|ipa symbol=tɬ

|ipa symbol2=𝼢

|ipa symbol3=ƛ

|ipa number=103 (148)

|decimal1=116

|decimal2=865

|decimal3=620

|imagefile=Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate.svg

}}

The voiceless alveolar lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is {{angbr IPA|t͡ɬ}} (often simplified to {{angbr IPA|tɬ}}), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is {{angbr|ƛ}} (barred lambda).

Features

Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate:

{{affricate}}

{{alveolar}}

{{voiceless}}

{{oral}}

{{lateral}}

{{pulmonic}}

Occurrence

class="wikitable"

! Family

!colspan=2| Language

! Word

! IPA

! Meaning

! Notes

Semitic

|Arabic

|Levantine

|{{lang|ar|ثلاثة}}/tlete

|align=center| {{ipa|[t͡ɬe̞ːte̞]}}

|'three'

|Allophone of /tl/

Northeast Caucasian

|colspan="2" |Avar

|{{lang|av-Cyrl|лӀугьине}}/{{lang|av-Latn|Ļuhine}}/{{lang|av-Arab|ڸۇھێنې}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[t͡ɬ:uhine]}}

|'to become'

|

Iroquoian

|Cherokee

|Otali

|{{lang|chr|}}/{{lang|chr-Latn|tla}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[t͡ɬa]}}

|'no'

|

Chukotko-Kamchatkan

| colspan="2" |Chukchi

|{{lang|ckt|Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀɛn]}}

|'Chukchi'

|

Isolate

|colspan=2| Haida

| {{lang|hai|tla'únhl}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[t͡ɬʌʊ́nɬ]}}

| 'six'

|

Semitic

|colspan=2| Hebrew

| {{lang|he|תלונה/tluna}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[ˈt͡ɬuna]}}

| 'complaint'

| Pronunciation of /tl/ sequence by some speakers.

Germanic

|colspan=2| Icelandic

| {{lang|is|bolli}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[ˈpɔt͡ɬɪ]}}

| 'cup'

| See Icelandic phonology.

Romance

|colspan=2| Ladin

|{{lang|lld|tlo}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[t͡ɬo]}}

| 'here'

| Gherdëina variant

Uto-Aztecan

|colspan=2| Nahuatl

| {{lang|nah|Nahuatl}}

|align=center| {{Audio-IPA|nawatl.ogg|[ˈnaːwat͡ɬ]}}

| 'Nahuatl language'

|

Hmongic

| colspan="2" |Pa Na

| colspan="2" align=center|{{IPA|[t͡ɬa˧˥]}}

|'frost'

|

Plateau-Penutian

|colspan=2| Sahaptin

|colspan=2 align=center| {{IPA|[t͡ɬupt]}}

| 'jumping'

|

Romance

| Spanish

| Mexican{{Harvcoltxt|Lope Blanch|2004|p=29}}

| {{lang|es|Xóchitl}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[ˈʃo̞t͡ʃit͡ɬ]}}

| 'Xóchitl'

| See Spanish phonology.

Na-Dene

|colspan=2| Tlingit{{Harvcoltxt|Maddieson|Smith|Bessell|2001|p=141}}

| {{lang|tli|tleilóo}}

|align=center| {{Audio-IPA|Tleilóo.ogg|[t͡ɬeɬúː]}}

| 'butterfly'

| Distinguishes aspirated and unaspirated

Northeast Caucasian

|colspan=2| Tsez

| {{lang|ddo|элIни}}/{{Transliteration|ddo|eƛni}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[ˈʔɛ̝t͡ɬni]}}

| 'winter'

|

Bantu

|colspan=2| Tswana

| {{lang|tn|tlala}}

|align=center| {{IPA|[t͡ɬala]}}

| 'hunger'

| Distinguishes aspirated and unaspirated

References

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=Sources=

  • {{citation

|last=Lope Blanch

|first=Juan M.

|year=2004

|title=Cuestiones de filología mexicana

|place=Mexico

|publisher=editorial Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

|isbn=978-970-32-0976-7

|url={{google books|id=yWHdxJx0Ji4C|plainurl=yes}}

}}

  • {{citation

|last1=Maddieson

|first1=Ian

|author-link=Ian Maddieson

|last2=Smith

|first2=Caroline

|last3=Bessell

|first3=Nicola

|year=2001

|title=Aspects of the phonetics of Tlingit

|journal=Anthropological Linguistics

|volume=43

|issue=2

|pages=135–176

|jstor=30028779

}}

  • Chen, Qiguang [陈其光]. 2001. "A Brief Introduction of Bana Language [巴那语概况]". Minzu Yuwen.