A voiced palatal lateral flap is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. There is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound. However, the symbol for a palatal lateral approximant with a breve denoting extra-short , or equivalently to avoid a clash with the ascender, can be used.The Unicode® Standard, Version 17.0 – Core Specification (2025), section 7.9.2 Combining Diacritical Marks Extended, and Figure 7-14 Examples of Alternative Code Points for Displaced IPA Diacritics
Features Features of a voiced palatal lateral flap:
Occurrence The Ilgar language of Australia has a palatal lateral flap as well as alveolar and retroflex lateral flaps.Nicholas Evans, 2000. "Iwaidjan, a very un-Australian language family." In Linguistic Typology, 4:99-100. Some Northwest Barito languages also have a palatal lateral flap.Alfred B. Hudson (1967) The Barito Isolects of Borneo. Cornell University +Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Ilgar 'Mildyagru (personal name)' Contrasts with alveolar and retroflex . Not clear if this is a third lateral flap phoneme or due to palatalization of the alveolar lateral flap. Oʼodham 'brat (misbehaving child)' Described as a palatal lateral flap in recent sources,Dean Saxton, Lucille Saxton & Susie Enos (1998) Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima Dictionary. University of Arizona Press. 2nd edition, p. 113. as an apical alveolar flap in older sources. Ot Siang 'house' A phonemic distinction between , and is found in the languages of the area and is reconstructed for Proto-Northwest Barito. Páez 'stiff' Perhaps better analyzed as palatalized , given the pervasive palatalization of the language. Optionally devoiced in coda position.
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