Voiceless velar lateral approximant

Voiceless velar lateral approximant
ʟ̥
IPA number 158 402A
Encoding
X-SAMPA L\_0

The voiceless velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in a very small number of spoken languages in the world. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ʟ̥ (since 1989) and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L\_0.

Features

Features of the voiceless velar lateral approximant:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
English Western American[1] clear [kʟ̥iːɻ] 'clear' Possible allophone of /l/ after the aspirated allophone of /k/.[1] See English phonology
German Austrian[2] klar [kʟ̥ɑː] 'clear' Possible allophone of /l/ after the aspirated allophone of /k/.[2] See Standard German phonology

References

  1. 1 2 Grønnum (2005), p. 154.
  2. 1 2 Grønnum (2005), pp. 153–154.

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