A voiced alveolar lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is (often simplified to ), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is (lambda). It is rarely a phoneme of its own, usually being in free variation with or an allophone of , or .
Features Features of a voiced alveolar lateral affricate:
Occurrence Voiced alveolar lateral affricates are rare. Sandawe has been transcribed with , but the sound is more post-alveolar or palatal than alveolar. Consonants transcribed with in Athabaskan and Wakashan languages are often tenuis affricates or have a lateral release or , but some such as Chipewyan have a truly voiced affricate. In the Nguni languages occurs after nasals: is pronounced , with an epenthetic stop, in at least Xhosa and Zulu.
LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotesArabicLevantineتدليل tadlil'pampering'Allophone of /dl/ in some speakersAvá-CanoeiroTocantins Tapirus terrestris' |Possible realisation of . In the speech of people aged 40 to 80 years, the consonant is in free variation with , , , , and . |- | colspan="2" | Cherokee
|'bat' |Syllable onset and intervocalic allophone of /t͡ɬ/. See Cherokee phonology |- | colspan="2" |Deg Xinag |sichidl| |'my younger brother' |Syllable-final realization of /t͡ɬ/. |- | colspan="2"| Hebrew | dlaʻat| align=center| | 'gourd' | Allophone of /dl/ sequence in some speakers |- | Kamkata-viri | Kamviri dialect
| to drive away | Apical alveolar. Phonemically a sequence . |- | colspan="2" | Xhosa |indl'ovu'elephant'Allophone of after Pa Na 'deep'
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