Alveolar lateral ejective fricative | |
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ɬʼ | |
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X-SAMPA | K_> |
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The alveolar lateral ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, reported in the Northwest Caucasian languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɬʼ⟩.
Features of the alveolar lateral ejective fricative:
[ɬʼ] occurs in the reconstructed Proto-Semitic language.[1]
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Adyghe | лӀы | ![]() |
'man' | ||
Kabardian | плӀы | ![]() |
'four' | ||
Tlingit[2] | lʼook | ![]() |
‘fish’ |