The voiced uvular lateral approximant is a type of

consonant In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are and pronounced with the lips; and pronounced with the front of the tongue; and pronounced ...

al sound used in some spoken

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s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent

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symbol is L\_-. may also represent the pharyngeal or epiglottal lateral approximant, a physically possible sound that is not attested in any language. The letter for a back-velar in the

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, , may also be used.

Features

Features of the voiced uvular lateral approximant:

Occurrence

Notes

References

* * Lateral consonants Uvular consonants Pulmonic consonants Oral consonants Voiced consonants {{phonetics-stub