| 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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Avoiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type ofconsonantal sound used in somespokenlanguages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɭ ⟩.
A retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with itsvoiceless counterpart/ɭ̊ / inIaai andToda.[1] In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior/l̥,l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.[1]
Features of a voiced retroflex lateral approximant:
In the following transcriptions, diacritics may be used to distinguish betweenapical[ɭ̺] andlaminal[ɭ̻].
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bashkir | ел | [jɪ̞ɭ]ⓘ | 'wind' | Apical retroflex lateral; occurs in front vowel contexts. | |
| Dhivehi | ފަޅޯ /falhoa | [faɭoː] | 'papaya' | Represented by theThaana letter ޅ (lhaviyani). | |
| Enindhilyagwa | marluwiya | [maɭuwija] | 'emu' | ||
| Faroese | árla | [ɔɻɭa] | 'early' | Allophone of/l/ after/ɹ/. SeeFaroese phonology | |
| French | Standard[2] | belle jambe | [bɛɭʒɑ̃b] | 'beautiful leg' | Allophone of/l/ before/f/ and/ʒ/ for some speakers.[2] SeeFrench phonology |
| Gujarati | નળ | [nəɭə] | 'tap' | Represented by a⟨ળ⟩. Pronounced as/ɭə/.[3] | |
| Kannada | ಎಳ್ಳು | [ˈeɭːu] | 'sesame' | Represented by a⟨ಳ⟩ | |
| Katukina-Kanamari[4] | [ɭuːˈbɯ] | 'to go' | |||
| Khanty | Eastern dialects | пуӆ | [puɭ] | 'bit' | |
| Some northern dialects | |||||
| Korean | 솔 /sol | [soɭ] | 'pine' | Represented by a⟨ㄹ⟩. May also be pronounced as/l/. | |
| Malayalam | Malayalam script | മലയാളം | [mɐlɐjäːɭɐm]ⓘ | 'Malayalam' | Represented by the letter⟨ള⟩. Sub apical retroflex. Long and short forms are contrastive word-medially[5][6] |
| Arabi Malayalam (Mapilla) | مَلَیٰاۻَمْ | ||||
| Mapudungun[7] | mara | [ˈmɜɭɜ] | 'hare' | Possible realization of/ʐ/; may be[ʐ] or[ɻ] instead.[7] | |
| Marathi | बाळ | [baːɭ] | 'baby/child' | Represented by a⟨ळ⟩. Pronounced as/ɭə/. SeeMarathi phonology. | |
| Miyako | Irabu dialect | 昼間 ピィルマ | [pɭːma] | 'daytime' | Allophone of/ɾ/ used everywhere except syllable-initially. |
| Norwegian | Eastern and central dialects | farlig | [ˈfɑːɭi] | 'dangerous' | SeeNorwegian phonology |
| Odia | ଫଳ | [pʰɔɭɔ] | 'fruit' | Represented by a⟨ଳ⟩. Pronounced as/ɭɔ/.[3] | |
| Parkari Koli | واۮۯون | [vaːɗaɭuːn] | ' clouds | ||
| Rajasthani | फळ | [pʰəɭ] | 'fruit' | Represented by a ⟨ळ⟩. | |
| Paiwan[8] | ladjap | [ˈɭaɖap] | 'lightning' or 'flash' | SeePaiwan phonology | |
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | ਤ੍ਰੇਲ਼ | [t̪ɾeɭ] | 'dew' | Represented by a⟨ਲ਼⟩ and⟨لؕ⟩. Font support may be required to see the letter in Shahmukhi. |
| Shahmukhi | تریلؕ | ||||
| Sanskrit | Vedic | गरुळ | [gɐruɭɐ] | 'the mythological bird who Is the vahana of Lord Vishnu' | Represented by a⟨ळ⟩. Pronounced as/ɭɐ/.This consonant was present in Vedic Sanskrit but had become /ɖ/ ⟨ड⟩ in classical Sanskrit. SeeVedic Sanskrit andSanskrit phonology. |
| Swedish | sorl | [soːɭ]ⓘ | 'murmur' (noun) | SeeSwedish phonology | |
| Tamil[9] | ஆள் /اٰۻْ | [äːɭ] | 'person' | Represented by a⟨ள்⟩. SeeTamil phonology | |
| Telugu | నీళ్ళు | [niːɭːu]ⓘ | 'water' | Represented by a⟨ళ⟩ | |
| Wu Chinese | Northern Wu (Linping variety) | 而/er2 | [eɭ˩˧] | 'conjunction (literary)' | Arhotic consonant (cf.Changzhounese/ɦər˨˩˧/) |