| Above: | Alveolar lateral ejective fricative |
| Ipa Symbol: | ɬʼ |
| X-Sampa: | K_> |
The alveolar lateral ejective fricative is a type of consonantal sound, reported in the Northwest Caucasian languages and in Modern South Arabian languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is (IPA|ɬʼ).
Features of the alveolar lateral ejective fricative:
pronounced as /[ɬʼ]/ occurs in the reconstructed Proto-Semitic language.[1]
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe; Adygei: [[Cyrillic script|'''лI'''эшIэгъу]] | [ɬʼaʃʼaʁʷə] | 'century' | ||||
| Kabardian: [[Cyrillic script|п'''лӀ'''ы]] | 'four' | |||||
| Tlingit: '''lʼ'''ook | ‘fish’ | |||||
pronounced as /navigation/