Category

Lateral consonants

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lateral consonant

l-like consonant in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth

voiced alveolar lateral approximant

consonantal sound

voiced palatal lateral approximant

consonantal sound

voiced alveolar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless alveolar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiced velar lateral approximant

consonantal sound

voiced retroflex lateral approximant

consonantal sound

voiced alveolar lateral flap

consonantal sound

right|280px|thumb|Regions with the merger () in blue, regions with distinction in pink, mixed regions in purple|class=skin-invert-image right|220px|thumb|Regions with the merger () in blue, regions with distinction in pink, mixed regions in purple|class=skin-invert-image '''''' (; literally "Y-ism") is a distinctive feature of many dialects of the Spanish language, characterized by the loss of the traditional palatal lateral approximant phoneme (written ) and its merger into the voiced palatal fricative phoneme (written ). It is an example of delateralization.

voiceless alveolar lateral affricate

consonantal sound

voiced alveolar lateral affricate

consonantal sound

alveolar lateral click consonant

consonantal sound

voiceless retroflex lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless velar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

alveolar lateral ejective fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless palatal lateral fricative

consonantal sound

retroflex ejective fricative

consonantal sound

voiced velar lateral fricative

consonantal sound

alveolar lateral ejective affricate

consonantal sound

voiced retroflex lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiceless alveolar lateral flap

consonantal sound

voiced retroflex lateral flap

consonantal sound

voiceless palatal lateral affricate

consonantal sound

voiceless velar lateral affricate

consonantal sound

voiced palatal lateral fricative

consonantal sound

voiced velar lateral affricate

consonantal sound

voiceless retroflex lateral affricate

consonantal sound

voiced retroflex lateral affricate

consonantal sound

voiced palatal lateral affricate

consonantal sound

palato-alveolar ejective fricative

consonantal sound

voiced palatal lateral flap

consonantal sound

voiceless retroflex lateral flap

consonantal sound

palatal lateral ejective affricate

consonantal sound

velar lateral ejective affricate

consonantal sound