Palatal lateral approximant

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IPA – number	157
IPA – text	ʎ
IPA – image	Image:Xsampa-L2.png
Entity	ʎ
X-SAMPA	L
Kirshenbaum	l^
Sound sample (help·info)

The palatal lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʎ, resembling a turned letter "y" (and not to be confused with lowercase lambda, λ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L.

Contents 1 Features 2 Occurrence 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 See also

[edit] Features

Features of the palatal lateral approximant:

• Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by bringing one articulator close to another but without the vocal tract being narrowed to such an extent that a turbulent airstream is produced.
• Its place of articulation is palatal which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongue raised against the hard palate.
• Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
• It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the sides of the tongue, rather than the middle of the tongue.
• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.

[edit] Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Arpitan		balyi	[baʎi]	'give'
Aymara		llaki	[ʎaki]	'sad'
Catalan		lluna	[ˈʎunǝ]	'moon'	See Catalan phonology
Croatian		odijeljen	[ˈodijeːʎen]	'separated'
Enindhilyagwa		angalya	[aŋaʎa]	'place'
Faroese		fylgja	[fɪʎʤa]	'to follow
Galician		ollo	[ˈoʎo]	'eye'
Greek		λιακάδα	[ʎaˈkaða]	'sunshine'	See Modern Greek phonology
Italian		figlio	[ˈfiʎːo]	'son'	See Italian phonology
Macedonian		љубов	[ʎubov]	'love'
Norwegian	northern dialects	alle	[ɑʎːe]	'everybody'	See Norwegian phonology
Polish		liść	[ʎiɕʨ]	'leaf'	See Polish phonology
Portuguese		olho	[ˈoʎu]	'eye'	See Portuguese phonology
Occitan	miralhar	[miraˈʎa]	'to reflect'
	Gascon	hilh	[hiʎ]	'son'
Quechua		allin	[ˈaʎin]	'good'
Scottish Gaelic		till	[tʃʰiːʎ]	'return'
Serbian		љуљaшka /ljuljaška	[ʎuʎаʃkа]	'swing (seat)'
Sissano		piyl	[piʎ]	'fish'
Slovak		roľa	[ˈrɔʎa]	'field'
Spanish[1]		millón	[miˈʎon]	'million'	In many dialects this has merged with /ʝ/. See Spanish phonology and Yeísmo.

[edit] References

[edit] Bibliography

• Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Ana Ma. Fernández-Planas & Josefina Carrera-Sabaté (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (2): 255-259

[edit] See also

• List of phonetics topics
• Yeísmo

Consonants (List, table)	See also: IPA, Vowels
Pulmonics Bilabial Lab'den. Dental Alveolar Postalv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn. Epiglottal Glottal Non-pulmonics and other symbols Nasals m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǁ ǃ ǂ Plosives p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ Implo­­sives  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ Fricatives  ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ Ejec­­tives  pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ Approximants  ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Other laterals  ɺ ɫ Trills ʙ r • ʀ • Co-articulated approximants  ʍ w ɥ Flaps & Taps • ѵ ɾ ɽ • Co-articulated fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ Lat. Fricatives ɬ ɮ • • • Affricates  t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ Lat. Appr'mants l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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