| Voiceless alveolar lateral affricate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| tɬ | |||
| IPA number | 103 (148) | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | t͡ | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0074 U+0361 | ||
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Avoiceless alveolar lateral affricate is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨t͡ɬ⟩ (often simplified to ⟨tɬ⟩), and inAmericanist phonetic notation it is⟨ƛ⟩ (barred lambda).
Features of a voiceless alveolar lateral affricate:
| Family | Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semitic | Arabic | Levantine | ثلاثة/tlete | [t͡ɬe̞ːte̞] | 'three' | Allophone of /tl/ |
| Northeast Caucasian | Avar | лӀугьине/Ļuhine/ڸۇھێنې | [t͡ɬ:uhine] | 'to become' | ||
| Iroquoian | Cherokee | Otali | Ꮭ/tla | [t͡ɬa] | 'no' | |
| Chukotko-Kamchatkan | Chukchi | Ԓыгъоравэтԓьэн | [ɬəɣˀorawetɬˀɛn] | 'Chukchi' | ||
| Isolate | Haida | tla'únhl | [t͡ɬʌʊ́nɬ] | 'six' | ||
| Semitic | Hebrew | תלונה/tluna | [ˈt͡ɬuna] | 'complaint' | Pronunciation of /tl/ sequence by some speakers. | |
| Germanic | Icelandic | bolli | [ˈpɔt͡ɬɪ] | 'cup' | SeeIcelandic phonology. | |
| Romance | Ladin | tlo | [t͡ɬo] | 'here' | Gherdëina variant | |
| Uto-Aztecan | Nahuatl | Nahuatl | [ˈnaːwat͡ɬ]ⓘ | 'Nahuatl language' | ||
| Hmongic | Pa Na | [t͡ɬa˧˥] | 'frost' | |||
| Plateau-Penutian | Sahaptin | [t͡ɬupt] | 'jumping' | |||
| Romance | Spanish | Mexican[1] | Xóchitl | [ˈʃo̞t͡ʃit͡ɬ] | 'Xóchitl' | SeeSpanish phonology. |
| Na-Dene | Tlingit[2] | tleilóo | [t͡ɬeɬúː]ⓘ | 'butterfly' | Distinguishes aspirated and unaspirated | |
| Northeast Caucasian | Tsez | элIни/eƛni | [ˈʔɛ̝t͡ɬni] | 'winter' | ||
| Bantu | Tswana | tlala | [t͡ɬala] | 'hunger' | Distinguishes aspirated and unaspirated | |