Voiced alveolar lateral affricate
dɮ
IPA number	104 (149)
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Entity(decimal)	d​͡
Unicode(hex)	U+0064 U+0361
X-SAMPA	dK\
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Avoiced alveolar lateral affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨d͡ɮ⟩ (often simplified to ⟨dɮ⟩), and inAmericanist phonetic notation it is⟨λ⟩ (lambda). It is usually in free variation or an allophone of/ɮ/,/t͡ɬ/ or/l/; no known language contrasts an affricate[dɮ] and a fricative[ɮ].

Features of a voiced alveolar lateral affricate:

• Itsmanner of articulation isaffricate, 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 articulation isalveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at thealveolar ridge, termed respectivelyapical andlaminal.
• Itsphonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
• It is anoral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
• It is alateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.
• Itsairstream mechanism ispulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with theintercostal muscles andabdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

Voiced alveolar lateral affricates are rare.Sandawe has been transcribed with[dɮ], but the sound is more post-alveolar or palatal than alveolar. Consonants transcribed with⟨dl⟩ inAthabaskan andWakashan languages are oftentenuis affricates[t͜ɬ] or have alateral release[tˡ] or[dˡ], but some such asChipewyan have a truly voiced affricate.^[1] In theNguni languages[d͡ɮ] occurs after nasals:/nɮ̤/ is pronounced[nd͡ɮ̤], with an epenthetic stop, in at least Xhosa^[2] and Zulu.^[3]

• List of languages with[dɮ] onPHOIBLE

• Affricates
• Alveolar consonants
• Lateral consonants
• Pulmonic consonants
• Voiced oral consonants

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