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The voiced velar lateral tap is an allophone of the
velar lateral approximant in some languages of
New Guinea
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, such as
Kanite and
Melpa. The extremely short duration of the in intervocalic position (20–30
ms) warrants calling it a tap, according to .
There is no specific symbol for this sound. However, an IPA capital L with a breve for
extra-short
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) uses a breve to indicate a speech sound (usually a vowel) with extra-short Vowel length, duration. That is, is a very short vowel with the quality of . An example from English is the short schwa of the ...
, , would capture Ladefoged and Maddieson's description.
Features
Occurrence
It is an allophone of the
velar lateral approximant in some languages of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
, such as
Kanite and
Melpa.
References
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Lateral consonants
Velar consonants
Tap and flap consonants
Pulmonic consonants
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