Back Retroflexer lateraler Approximant ALS Звучна ретрофлексна странична приблизителна съгласна Bulgarian ঘোষ মূর্ধন্য পার্শ্বিক নৈকট্যধ্বনি Bengali/Bangla Kensonenn tro-gil a-gostez dre dostaat Breton Aproximant lateral retroflexa sonora Catalan Retroflexní laterální aproximanta Czech Retrofleks lateral approksimant Danish Stimmhafter lateraler retroflexer Approximant German Aproximante lateral retrofleja sonora Spanish Consonne spirante latérale rétroflexe voisée French
| Voiced retroflex lateral approximant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ɭ | |||
| IPA Number | 156 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity (decimal) | ɭ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+026D | ||
| X-SAMPA | l` | ||
| Braille |   | ||
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The voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɭ ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l`.
The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its voiceless counterpart /ɭ̊ / in Iaai and Toda.[1] In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior /l̥, l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.[1] Goinoitan Latin Alphabet.
- ^ a b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 198.