A voiced alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages.

Notation

The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiced dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral fricatives is , sometimes referred to as lezh.

In 1938, a symbol shaped similarly to heng was approved as the official IPA symbol for the voiced alveolar lateral fricative, replacing . It was suggested at the same time, however, that a compromise shaped like something between the two may also be used at the author's discretion. It was this compromise version, , that was included in the 1949 Principles of the International Phonetic Association and the subsequent IPA charts, until it was replaced again by at the 1989 Kiel Convention. Despite the Association's prescription, is nonetheless seen in literature from the 1960s to the 1980s. Related characters There are several Unicode characters based on lezh (ɮ): is a superscript IPA letter is a superscript IPA letter is an extension to IPA for disordered speech (extIPA)

Features Features of a voiced alveolar lateral fricative:

Occurrence

Dental or denti-alveolar Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Amis Kangko 'enemy' May be realized as denti-alveolar or interdental . Corresponds to in the Fengpin dialect.

Alveolar Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Adyghe 'town' Can also be pronounced as Bura 'cloud' Contrasts with and . English South African ibandla 'meeting of a Nguni chief or community' Only found in Zulu loan words in South African English.Kabalan'sky' Kabardian 'seven' Can also be pronounced as Ket 'nose' Can also be pronounced as Moloko 'start, begin' Contrasts with , and Mongolian 'stone' Devoiced to at the end of a word or when surrounded by voiceless consonantsPinuyumayan'tooth'Puyuma dialect doesn't have the sound. Sassarese 'hot' Tera 'planting' Contrasts with both and Truku'clothes' Zulu 'to eat' Contrasts with both and ; realized as after nasals

Voiced lateral–median fricative

The voiced alveolar lateral–median fricative (also known as a "lisp" fricative) is a consonantal sound pronounced with simultaneous lateral and central airflow.

Features However, it does not have the grooved tongue and directed airflow, or the high frequencies, of a sibilant.

Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Arabic 'hyena' Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic Mehri 'plait'

See also Index of phonetics articles Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative

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