Voiced dental and alveolar lateral flaps

Voiced postalveolar lateral flap
Voiced postalveolar lateral flap
ɺ̠

Voiced alveolar lateral flap
Voiced alveolar lateral flap
ɺ
IPA number	181
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Entity (decimal)	ɺ
Unicode (hex)	U+027A
X-SAMPA	l\
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The voiced alveolar lateral flap is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɺ⟩, a fusion of a rotated lowercase letter ⟨r⟩ with a letter ⟨l⟩. Approved in 1928, the symbol represented a sound intermediate between [d] and [l]^[1]^[2] or between [r] and [l]^[3]^[4] until 1979, when its value was redefined as an alveolar lateral flap.^[5]

Some languages that are described as having a lateral flap actually have a flap that is indeterminate with respect to centrality, and may surface as either central or lateral, either in free variation or allophonically depending on surrounding vowels and consonants.^[6]

Features

Features of the voiced alveolar lateral flap:

Its manner of articulation is tap or flap, which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator (usually the tongue) is thrown against another.
Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.
Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

Occurrence

Dental

Family	Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Bantu	Chaga^[7]					Laminal dental.^[7]

Alveolar

Family	Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Arawakan	Curipaco^[8]	[ɺi.wa.'dzo.ɺe]		'ember'	In alternation with an alveolar tap.^[8]
Iwaidjan	Ilgar				Likely an underlying sequence of /ɺj/. Contrasts /l, ɺ, ɭ, ɭ̆/.
Iawaidjan	Iwaidja	ayanjildin^[9]	[ajanɟiɺin]	'sweetheart'	Contrasts /l, ɺ, ɭ, ɭ̆/ and possibly /ʎ, ʎ̆/.
Japonic	Japanese^[10]	六 roku	[ɺo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]	'six'	Allophonically [ɾ]. See Japanese phonology
Japonic	Japanese^[10]	心 kokoro	[ko̞ko̞ɺo̞]	'heart'	Allophonically [ɾ]. See Japanese phonology
Papuan	Kasua^[11]	hilila	[hiɺiɺɑ]	'heavy'	Never used at the beginning nor the end of a word.^[11]
Arawakan	Wayuu	püülükü	[pɨːɺɨkɨ]	'pig'	Contrasts with /r/.
Isolate	Yalë^[12]	Yalë	[jaɺɛ]	'Yalë'	In free variation with [d]; written as ⟨d⟩ or ⟨l⟩.

Notes

^ Association phonétique internationale (1928).
^ International Phonetic Association (1949), p. 14.
^ Association phonétique internationale (1932).
^ Association phonétique internationale (1952).
^ International Phonetic Association (1978).
^ Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 243.
^ ^a ^b Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 213.
^ ^a ^b Souza (2012), p. 78.
^ "Mood and Character". ausil.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
^ Akamatsu (1997), p. 106.
^ ^a ^b Logan, Tommy (July 2003). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-09. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Aannested, Aidan. (2020). "Towards a grammar of the Yale language: taking another look at archived field data". SIL International.

References

Akamatsu, Tsutomu (1997). Japanese Phonetics: Theory and Practice. München: Lincom Europa. ISBN 3-89586-095-6.
Association phonétique internationale (1928). "desizjɔ̃ ofisjɛl" [Décisions officielles]. Le Maître Phonétique. Troisième série. 6 (23): 51–53. JSTOR 44704266.
Association phonétique internationale (1932). "The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 1932)". Le Maître Phonétique. Troisième série. 10 (37). Supplement. JSTOR 44749172.
Association phonétique internationale (1952). "The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 1951)". Le Maître Phonétique. Troisième série. 30 (97). Front matter. JSTOR 44748475.
International Phonetic Association (1949). "The Principles of the International Phonetic Association". Le Maître Phonétique. Troisième série. 27 (91). Supplement. JSTOR i40200179.
International Phonetic Association (1978). "The International Phonetic Alphabet (Revised to 1979)". Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 8 (1–2). Supplement. JSTOR 44541414.
Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
Souza, Erick Marcelo Lima de (2012). Estudo fonológico da Língua Baniwa-Kuripako (Master's dissertation) (in Brazilian Portuguese). University of Campinas. doi:10.47749/T/UNICAMP.2012.898354. hdl:20.500.12733/1619268.

External links

List of languages with [ɺ] on PHOIBLE

[FOOTNOTEAssociation_phonétique_internationale1928-1] Association phonétique internationale (1928).

[FOOTNOTEInternational_Phonetic_Association194914-2] International Phonetic Association (1949), p. 14.

[FOOTNOTEAssociation_phonétique_internationale1932-3] Association phonétique internationale (1932).

[FOOTNOTEAssociation_phonétique_internationale1952-4] Association phonétique internationale (1952).

[FOOTNOTEInternational_Phonetic_Association1978-5] International Phonetic Association (1978).

[FOOTNOTELadefogedMaddieson1996243-6] Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 243.

[FOOTNOTELadefogedMaddieson1996213-7] Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 213.

[FOOTNOTESouza201278-8] Souza (2012), p. 78.

[9] "Mood and Character". ausil.org. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2021-03-11.

[FOOTNOTEAkamatsu1997106-10] Akamatsu (1997), p. 106.

[logan-11] Logan, Tommy (July 2003). "Organised Phonology Data" (PDF). SIL International. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-09. Retrieved 2018-07-09. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[12] Aannested, Aidan. (2020). "Towards a grammar of the Yale language: taking another look at archived field data". SIL International.

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The letter R
General	Rhotic consonants (R-like sounds) Perception of English /r/ and /l/ by Japanese speakers Pronunciation of English /r/ Rhoticity in English R-colored vowel Rhotacism Guttural R Linking and intrusive R
Pronunciations	Voiceless alveolar trill [r̥] Voiced alveolar trill [r] Voiced alveolar or postalveolar approximant [ɹ] Voiceless alveolar tap [ɾ̥] Voiced alveolar tap [ɾ] [ɺ] Voiced retroflex approximant [ɻ] Voiced retroflex flap [ɽ] Voiced retroflex trill [ɽr] Voiced velar approximant [ɰ] Voiced velar bunched approximant [ɹ̈] Voiceless velar fricative [x] Voiced velar fricative [ɣ] Voiceless uvular trill [ʀ̥] Voiced uvular trill [ʀ] Voiceless uvular fricative [χ] Voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] Voiced pharyngeal fricative [ʕ] Voiceless glottal fricative [h] Voiced glottal fricative [ɦ]
Variations	Ꝛꝛ (R rotunda) Ꞃꞃ (Insular) Ɽɽ (R with tail) Ɍɍ (R with stroke) Ʀʀ Ȑȑ Ŕŕ Ŗŗ Řř Ȓȓ R̃r̃ Ṙṙ Ṛṛ R̄r̄ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Rd Rh Rl Rm Rn Rp Rr Rs Rt Rw Rz Rnd ᚱ (Raidô) ℝ (Real number) ® (Registered trademark symbol) Ⓡ (Enclosed R) ℞ (Medical prescription)