Voiced alveolar and postalveolar lateral flaps
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| Voiced alveolar lateral flap | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɺ | |||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| X-SAMPA | l\ | ||
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The voiced alveolar lateral tap or flap is a sound used in some spoken languages. It is not in English.
Characteristics
[change | change source]- The phonation is voiced. This means that the vocal cords vibrate while the sound is being pronounced.
- The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is alveolar. This means that this sound is produced with the tip of the tongue (apical) or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge (laminal).
- It is a lateral consonant. This means that this sound is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, but not down the middle.
- The manner of articulation (how the sound is produced) is tap. This means that this sound is produced with a single contraction of the muscles. The thing that produces the sound (usually the tongue) touches something else for a very short amount of time.
- The manner of articulation (how the sound is produced) is flap. This means that this sound is produced with a single contraction of the muscles. The thing that produces the sound (usually the tongue) touches something else for a very short amount of time.
Examples
[change | change source]| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baniwa[1] | riwadzore | [ɺiwa'dzoɺe] | 'ember' | Varies a median flap, but is lateral in careful pronunciation.[1] |
| Chaga (Vunjo dialect)[2] | iraa | [iɺaa] | 'to dress oneself' | Contrasts with /l̪/ |
| Iwaidja[3] | ayanjildin | [ajanɟiɺin] | 'sweetheart' | Contrasts /l, ɺ, ɭ , ɭ̆ / and possibly /ʎ, ʎ̮/. |
| Japanese[4] | 六 roku | [ɺo̞kɯ̟ᵝ] | 'six' | Allophonically [ɾ]. See Japanese phonology |
| 心 kokoro | [ko̞ko̞ɺo̞] | 'heart' | ||
| Kasua[5] | hilila | [hiɺiɺɑ] | 'heavy' | Never used at the beginning nor the end of a word.[5] |
| Wayuu | püülükü | [pɨːɺɨkɨ] | 'pig' | Contrasts with /r/. |
| Yalë[6] | Yalë | [jaɺɛ] | 'Yalë' | In free variation with [d]; written as ⟨d⟩ or ⟨l⟩. |
References
[change | change source]- 1 2 Souza (2012), p. 78.
- ↑ Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 210-211.
- ↑ "Mood and Character". ausil.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ↑ Akamatsu (1997), p. 106.
- 1 2 Logan, Tommy (July 2003). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
- ↑ Aannested, Aidan. (2020). "Towards a grammar of the Yale language: taking another look at archived field data". SIL International.
External links
[change | change source]List of languages with [ɺ] on PHOIBLE
