The voiced alveolar lateral flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɺ⟩, a fusion of a rotated lowercase letter ⟨r⟩ with a letter ⟨l⟩. Approved in 1928, the symbol represented a sound intermediate between [d] and [l][1][2] or between [r] and [l][3][4] until 1979 when its value was redefined as an alveolar lateral flap.[5]
Voiced alveolar lateral flap | |||
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ɺ | |||
IPA Number | 181 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ɺ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+027A | ||
X-SAMPA | l\ | ||
Braille | |||
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Some languages that are described as having a lateral flap actually have a flap that is indeterminate with respect to centrality, and may surface as either central or lateral, either in free variation or allophonically depending on surrounding vowels and consonants.[6]
Features of the voiced alveolar lateral flap:
Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Bantu | Chaga[7] | [example needed] | Laminal dental.[7] |
Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Mura | Pirahã | some speakers | toogixi | [tòːɺ͡ɺ̼ìʔì] | 'hoe' | Only used in some types of speech |
Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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Arawakan | Curipaco[8] | [ɺi.wa.'dzo.ɺe] | 'ember' | In alternation with an alveolar tap.[8] | |
Iwaidjan | Ilgar | [example needed] | Likely an underlying sequence of /ɺj/. Contrasts /l, ɺ, ɭ, ɭ̆/. | ||
Iawaidjan | Iwaidja | ayanjildin[9] | [ajanɟiɺin] | 'sweetheart' | Contrasts /l, ɺ, ɭ, ɭ̆/ and possibly /ʎ, ʎ̆/. |
Japonic | Japanese[10] | 六 roku | [ɺo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] | 'six' | Allophonically [ɾ]. See Japanese phonology |
心 kokoro | [ko̞ko̞ɺo̞] | 'heart' | |||
Papuan | Kasua[11] | hilila | [hiɺiɺɑ] | 'heavy' | Never used at the beginning nor the end of a word.[11] |
Arawakan | Wayuu | püülükü | [pɯːɺɯkɯ] | 'pig' | Contrasts with /r/ |
Isolate | Yalë[12] | Yalë | [jaɺɛ] | 'Yalë' | In free variation with [d]; written as ⟨d⟩or⟨l⟩ |
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