Palatal lateral ejective affricate | |
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cʎ̝̊ʼ | |
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The palatal lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨c͡ʎ̝̊ʼ⟩.
It is a rare sound, found in Dahalo, a Cushitic language of Kenya, and in Hadza, a language isolate of Tanzania. In Dahalo, /c͡ʎ̥̝ʼ/ contrasts with alveolar /tɬʼ/, and in Hadza it contrasts with velar [k͡ʟ̝̊ʼ], an allophone of /kʼ/.
Features of the palatal lateral ejective affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
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Dahalo[1] | [ʔacʎ̝̊ʼáno] | 'semen' | ||
Hadza[2] | [mitcʎ̝̊ʼa] | 'bone' |
The Hadza sound has been transcribed as [t͡ʎ̥̝ʼ], but alveolar contact of the tongue is not distinctive.