A voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, ,Kirk Miller & Michael Ashby, L2/20-252R Unicode request for IPA modifier-letters (a), pulmonic is overtly supported by the extIPA. In traditional IPA, it can be transcribed or dated .
A voiceless retroflex lateral approximant is transcribed in IPA as .
Features Features of a voiceless retroflex lateral fricative:
Occurrence Family LanguageWord IPA Meaning NotesNew Caledonian Iaai Described as an approximant. Contrasts with .Dravidian Toda 'valley' Described as an approximant. Contrasts with (as in 'bangle').
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