Above: | Voiceless palatal lateral affricate |
Ipa Symbol: | c |
Ipa Symbol2: | cʎ̥˔ |
The voiceless palatal lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. There are two ways it can be transcribed into IPA: extIPA (IPA|c͜) or traditional (IPA|c͜ʎ̥˔).
Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate:
The sound occurs in Hadza and, as an ejective (see), in Dahalo.[1]
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hadza | tlhakate | pronounced as /c͜ʰakate/ | "rhinoceros" (if dead)[2] | Contrasts with ejective and aspirated forms. Although initial contact varies from alveolar to palatal, frication is always palatal.[3] |
tlaa | pronounced as /c͜aʔa/ | "to meet, to follow" |
pronounced as /navigation/