Voiceless palatal lateral affricate explained

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

Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate:

Occurrence

The sound occurs in Hadza and, as an ejective (see), in Dahalo.[1]

Language Word IPAMeaning 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"

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

  1. Maddieson . Ian . Spajić . Siniša . Sands . Bonny . Ladesfoged . Peter . 1993 . Phonetic structures of Dahalo . Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere . 36 . 7.
  2. Web site: Blench . Roger . 2008 . Dead souls: the language of Hadza animal names .
  3. Miller, Anyawire, Bala & Sands, A Hadza Lexicon and etymological dictionary, 2023 printing.