Voiceless alveolar lateral flap
ɺ̥
IPA Number181
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɺ
Unicode (hex)U+027A
X-SAMPAl\
Braille⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠼ (braille pattern dots-3456)

The voiceless 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 ɺ̥, a fusion of a rotated lowercase letter ⟨r⟩ with a letter ⟨l⟩ and a voiceless diacritic.

Features

Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral flap:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Baniwa[1] Hohodene [ɺ̥je.ˈtɐ̃.hə͂] 'that' In alternation with an alveolar tap.[1]
English British, some accents kettle [kɛ.ɺ̥ɫ] 'kettle'

Notes

  1. ^ a b Souza (2012), p. 78.

References

  • Souza, Erick Marcelo Lima de (2012). Estudo fonológico da Língua Baniwa-Kuripako (Master's dissertation) (in Brazilian Portuguese). University of Campinas. doi:10.47749/T/UNICAMP.2012.898354. hdl:20.500.12733/1619268.