Alveolar lateral ejective affricate
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| Alveolar lateral ejective affricate | |
|---|---|
| tɬʼ | |
| ƛ’ | |
| IPA Number | 103 (148) 401 |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity(decimal) | t͡ɬʼ |
| Unicode(hex) | U+0074 U+0361 U+026C U+02BC |
Thealveolar lateral ejective affricateis a type ofconsonantalsound, used in some spokenlanguages.The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabetthat represents this sound is ⟨t͡ɬʼ⟩ (or ⟨tɬʼ⟩), and inAmericanist phonetic notationit is⟨ƛʼ⟩(lambda bar).
Features[edit]
Features of the alveolar lateral ejective affricate:
- Itsmanner of articulationisaffricate,which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Itsplace of articulationisalveolar,which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at thealveolar ridge,termed respectivelyapicalandlaminal.
- Itsphonationis voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is anoral consonant,which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is alateral consonant,which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.
- Theairstream mechanismisejective(glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping theglottisupward.
Occurrence[edit]
| Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Caucasian | Avar | кьалаб | 'hostile' | |||
| Isolate | Haida | sttluujagadang | [st͡ɬʼuːt͡ʃakataŋ] | 'Sapsucker' | ||
| Cushitic | Iraqw[1] | hatlʼáʼ | [hat͡ɬʼáʔ] | 'other' | ||
| Northwest Caucasian | Kabardian | Baslaney | лӏы | 'man' | Corresponds to[ɬʼ]in other dialects. | |
| Salishan | Klallam | ƛ̕əm̕éʔqʷnəxʷ | [t͡ɬʼ(ə)ˈmˀeʔqʷn(ə)xʷ] | 'to accidentally bump one's head' | ||
| Salishan | Lillooet | st'át'imcets | [ˈst͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼjəmxət͡ʃ] | 'Lilooet language' | ||
| Athabaskan | Navajo | tłʼóoʼdi | '(at) the outside' | |||
| Plateau-Penutian | Sahaptin | mɨƛ’ɨƛ’k | [mɨˈt͡ɬʼɨt͡ɬʼk] | 'mud' | ||
| Salishan | Sechelt | ch'álhch'ílh | [tʃʼat͡ɬ.tʃʼet͡ɬ] | 'robin' | ||
| Na-Dene | Tlingit | tlʼeex | 'garbage' | |||
| Salishan | Lushootseed | sq̓aƛ̕ | [sqʼɑt͡ɬʼ] | 'otter' | ||
| Northeast Caucasian | Tsez | кьиш | 'splinter' | |||
Proto-Semitic*ṣ́ is believed to have been an alveolar lateral ejective affricate.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Mous, Maarten (1993).A grammar of Iraqw.Kuschitische Sprachstudien. Vol. 9. Hamburg: Buske.
