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Voiceless alveolar lateral flap

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Voiceless alveolar lateral flap
ɺ̥
IPA Number181
Audio sample
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

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Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral flap:

  • Its manner of articulation is tap or flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (usually the tongue) is thrown against another.
  • Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
  • Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
  • It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
  • 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 solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

Occurrence

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Family Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Arawakan Karu[1] Hohodene [ɺ̥je.ˈtɐ̃.hə͂] 'that' In alternation with an alveolar tap.[1] Contrasts /ɺ̥, ɺ/.
Arawakan Yavitero[2] [example needed] Contrasts /ɾ, r, ɺ̥, ɺ/.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Souza (2012), p. 78.
  2. ^ Mosonyi, Emilio Esteban; Mosonyi, Jorge C.; Largo, Águeda (2000). Yavitero. In Mosonyi, Esteban Emilio and Jorge Carlos Mosonyi (eds.), Manual de Lenguas Indígenas de Venezuela: Caracas: Fundación Bigott. pp. 594–651.

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