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The voiced velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used as a distinct consonant in a very small numberTemplate:Sfnp of spoken languages in the world. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a small capital version of the Latin letter l (since 1989), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L\.
The velar laterals of the world often involve a prestopped realization {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.Template:Sfnp
FeaturesEdit
Features of the voiced velar lateral approximant:
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The velar lateral {{#invoke:IPA|main}} involves no contact of the tip of the tongue with the roof of the mouth: just like for the velar stop {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, the only contact takes place between the back of the tongue and the velum. This contrasts with the velarized alveolar lateral approximant {{#invoke:IPA|main}} – also known as the dark l in English feel {{#invoke:IPA|main}} – for which the apex touches the alveolar ridge.Template:Sfnp
OccurrenceEdit
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Southern USTemplate:Sfnp | middle | [ˈmɪɾʟ̩] | 'middle' | May occur before or after a velar consonant, as in milk and cycle, when assimilating /ʊ/, as in wolf, or before labial consonants, as in help. See English phonology |
| full | [ˈfʟ̩ː] | 'full' | |||
| HiwTemplate:Sfnp | r̄evr̄ov | main}} | 'evening' | Realized as prestopped {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. | |
| MelpaTemplate:Sfnp | paⱡa | Template:Audio-IPA | 'fence' | Realized as prestopped {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. | |
| Mid-WahgiTemplate:Sfnp | aglagle | {{#invoke:IPA|main}} | 'dizzy' | Realized as prestopped {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. | |
See alsoEdit
- Voiceless velar lateral approximant, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- Velarized alveolar lateral approximant, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- Velar lateral tap, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- Voiced velar lateral fricative, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- Voiceless velar lateral fricative, {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or extIPA {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
- Index of phonetics articles