Analveolar lateral ejective fricative is a type ofconsonantal sound, reported in theNorthwest Caucasian languages and inModern South Arabian languages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɬʼ⟩.

Features of an alveolar lateral ejective fricative:

• Itsmanner of articulation isfricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causingturbulence.
• 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 un-voiced, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
• 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.
• Theairstream mechanism isejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping theglottis upward.

[ɬʼ] occurs in the reconstructedProto-Semitic language.^[1]

• Index of phonetics articles

• List of languages with[ɬʼ] onPHOIBLE

• Fricative consonants
• Alveolar consonants
• Lateral consonants
• Ejectives
• Oral consonants

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