Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨ꞎ⟩ or ⟨ɭ̊˔⟩ in IPA
| Voiceless retroflex lateral approximant | |
|---|---|
| ɭ̊ | |
| IPA number | 156 402A |
| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | l`_0 |
A voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, ⟨ꞎ ⟩, is overtly supported by the extIPA. In traditional IPA, it can be transcribed ⟨ɭ̝̊⟩ or dated ⟨ɭ̊˔⟩.
A voiceless retroflex lateral approximant is transcribed in IPA as ⟨ɭ̊ ⟩.
01Features
Features of a voiceless retroflex lateral fricative:
- Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is retroflex, which prototypically means it is articulated subapical (with the tip of the tongue curled up), but more generally, it means that it is postalveolar without being palatalized. That is, besides the prototypical subapical articulation, the tongue can be apical (pointed) or, in some fricatives, laminal (flat).
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most speech sounds.
02Occurrence
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- IPA Unicode 0xA78E.svg by Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.