The alveolar lateral ejective fricative is a type of
consonant
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al sound, reported in the
Northwest Caucasian languages and in
Modern South Arabian languages
The Modern South Arabian languages (MSALs), also known as Eastern South Semitic languages, are a group of endangered languages spoken by small populations inhabiting the Arabian Peninsula, in Yemen and Oman, and Socotra Island. Together with the ...
. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
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that represents this sound is .
Features
Features of the alveolar lateral ejective fricative:
Occurrence
occurs in the reconstructed
Proto-Semitic language.
See also
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Index of phonetics articles
References
External links
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Fricative consonants
Alveolar consonants
Lateral consonants
Ejectives
Oral consonants