The voiced alveolar lateral affricate is a type of

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al sound, used in some spoken

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s. The symbol in the

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is (often simplified to ).

Features

Features of the 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 written ''dl'' in

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and

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languages are either tenuis affricates, (perhaps slightly voiced allophonically), or have a lateral release, or . In

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, may be prestopped, depending on context, in which case it may be realized as or as an affricate . In the

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occurs after nasals: is pronounced , with an epenthetic stop, in at least Xhosa and Zulu.Rycroft & Ngcobo (1979) ''Say it in Zulu'', p. 6

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* {{IPA navigation Affricates Alveolar consonants Lateral consonants Pulmonic consonants Voiced oral consonants