A lateral flap is a family of consonantal sounds, used in some spoken languages.
There are four attested or claimed lateral flaps in the world's languages: The alveolar lateral flap is quite common. A retroflex lateral flap () is found throughout South Asia, from Pashtun to Oriya, in the Iwaidjan languages of Australia, and sporadically elsewhere. A palatal lateral flap has been described from Iwaidja, but the authors note that it may be a palatalized alveolar flap . A velar lateral flap occurs allophonically in Melpa and a few other languages of New Guinea.
Features Features of lateral flap: