| Ipa Symbol: | ɭ |
| Ipa Number: | 156 |
| Decimal: | 621 |
| X-Sampa: | l` |
| Braille: | 256 |
| Braille2: | l |
| Imagefile: | IPA Unicode 0x026D.svg |
The voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɭ ), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l`.
The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its voiceless counterpart pronounced as //ɭ̊ // in Iaai and Toda. In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior pronounced as //pronounced as /link/, pronounced as /link///, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.
Features of the voiced retroflex lateral approximant:
In the following transcriptions, diacritics may be used to distinguish between apical pronounced as /[ɭ̺]/ and laminal pronounced as /[ɭ̻]/.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bashkir | Bashkir: е'''л''' | 'wind' | Apical retroflex lateral; occurs in front vowel contexts. | |||
| Dhivehi | ފަޅޯ / falhoa | [{{IPA|faɭoː}}] | 'papaya' | |||
| Enindhilyagwa | ma'''rl'''uwiya | pronounced as /[maɭuwija]/ | 'emu' | |||
| Faroese | ár'''l'''a | pronounced as /[ɔɻɭa]/ | 'early' | Allophone of pronounced as //l// after pronounced as //ɹ//. See Faroese phonology | ||
| French | Standard | French: [[French alphabet|be'''ll'''e jambe]] | pronounced as /[bɛɭ ʒɑ̃b]/ | 'beautiful leg' | Allophone of pronounced as //l// before pronounced as //f// and pronounced as //ʒ// for some speakers. See French phonology | |
| Gujarati | Gujarati: [[Gujarati script|ન'''ળ''']] | pronounced as /[nəɭə]/ | 'tap' | Represented by a (Gujarati: ળ). Pronounced as pronounced as //ɭə//. | ||
| Kannada | Kannada: [[Kannada script|ಎಳ್ಳು]] | pronounced as /[ˈeɭːu]/ | 'sesame' | Represented by a (Kannada: ಳ) | ||
| Katukina-Kanamari | pronounced as /[ɭuːˈbɯ]/ | 'to go' | ||||
| Khanty | Eastern dialects | пу'''ӆ''' | pronounced as /[puɭ]/ | 'bit' | ||
| Some northern dialects | ||||||
| Korean | Korean: [[Hangul|솔]] / Korean: [[Revised Romanization of Korean|so'''l''']] | pronounced as /[soɭ]/ | 'pine' | Represented by a (Korean: ㄹ). May also be pronounced as pronounced as //l//. | ||
| Malayalam | Malayalam: [[Malayalam script|മലയാ'''ളം''']] | 'Malayalam' | Represented by the letter (Malayalam: ള). Sub apical retroflex. Long and short forms are contrastive word-medially[1] | |||
| Mapudungun | Mapudungun; Mapuche: [[Mapudungun alphabet|ma'''r'''a]] | pronounced as /[ˈmɜɭɜ]/ | 'hare' | Possible realization of pronounced as //ʐ//; may be pronounced as /link/ or pronounced as /link/ instead. | ||
| Marathi | Marathi: [[Devanagari#Consonants|बा'''ळ''']] | 'baby/child' | Represented by a (Marathi: ळ). Pronounced as pronounced as //ɭə//. See Marathi phonology. | |||
| Miyako | Irabu dialect | [[Ryukyuan languages#Orthography|昼間<br />ピィルマ]] | 'daytime' | Allophone of pronounced as //ɾ// used everywhere except syllable-initially. | ||
| Norwegian | Eastern and central dialects | Norwegian: [[Norwegian alphabet|fa'''rl'''ig]] | pronounced as /[ˈfɑːɭi]/ | 'dangerous' | See Norwegian phonology | |
| Odia | Oriya: [[Odia script|ଫ'''ଳ''']] | pronounced as /[pʰɔɭɔ]/ | 'fruit' | Represented by a (Oriya: ଳ). Pronounced as pronounced as //ɭɔ//. | ||
| Rajasthani | Rajasthani: फ'''ळ''' | pronounced as /[pʰəɭ]/ | 'fruit' | Represented by a ⟨ळ⟩. | ||
| Paiwan[2] | '''l'''adjap | pronounced as /[ˈɭaɖap]/ | 'lightning' or 'flash' | See Paiwan phonology | ||
| Punjabi | Gurmukhi | Panjabi; Punjabi: [[Gurmukhi script|ਤ੍ਰੇ'''ਲ਼''']] | align=center rowspan="2" | pronounced as /[t̪ɾeɭ]/ | 'dew' | Represented by a (Panjabi; Punjabi: ਲ਼) and (Panjabi; Punjabi: {{nastaliq|[[ࣇ|لؕ]]). Font support may be required to see the letter in Shahmukhi. |
| Shahmukhi | Panjabi; Punjabi: [[Shahmukhi alphabet|{{nastaliq|تریࣇ | |||||
| Sanskrit | Vedic | Sanskrit: [[Devanagari script|गरु'''ळ''']] | pronounced as /[gɐruɭɐ]/ | 'the mythological bird who Is the vahana of Lord Vishnu' | Represented by a (Sanskrit: ळ). Pronounced as pronounced as //ɭɐ//.This consonant was present in Vedic Sanskrit but had become /ɖ/ ⟨ड⟩ in classical Sanskrit. See Vedic Sanskrit and Sanskrit phonology. | |
| Swedish | Swedish: [[Swedish alphabet|so'''rl''']] | 'murmur' (noun) | See Swedish phonology | |||
| Tamil | Tamil: [[Tamil script|ஆள்]] | pronounced as /[äːɭ]/ | 'person' | Represented by a (Tamil: ள்). See Tamil phonology | ||
| Telugu | Telugu: [[Telugu script|నీళ్ళు]] | 'water' | Represented by a (Telugu: ళ) | |||
pronounced as /navigation/