| Ipa Symbol: | dɮ |
| Ipa Symbol3: | λ |
| Ipa Number: | 104 (149) |
| Decimal1: | 100 |
| Decimal2: | 865 |
| Decimal3: | 622 |
| Xsampa: | dK\ |
The voiced alveolar lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is (IPA|d͡ɮ) (often simplified to (IPA|dɮ)), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is (λ) (lambda). It is usually in free variation or an allophone of /ɮ/, /t͡ɬ/ or /l/; no known language contrasts [dɮ] and [ɮ].
Features of the voiced alveolar lateral affricate:
Voiced alveolar lateral affricates are rare. Sandawe has been transcribed with pronounced as /[dɮ]/, but the sound is more post-alveolar or palatal than alveolar. Consonants written dl in Athabaskan and Wakashan languages are either tenuis affricates, pronounced as /[t͜ɬ]/ (perhaps slightly voiced allophonically), or have a lateral release, pronounced as /[tˡ]/ or pronounced as /[dˡ]/. In Montana Salish, pronounced as //l// may be prestopped, depending on context, in which case it may be realized as pronounced as /[ᵈl]/ or as an affricate pronounced as /[ᵈɮ̤]/.[1] In the Nguni languages pronounced as /[d͡ɮ]/ occurs after nasals: pronounced as //nɮ̤// is pronounced pronounced as /[nd͡ɮ̤]/, with an epenthetic stop, in at least Xhosa[2] and Zulu.[3]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | Levantine | تدليل tadlil | pronounced as /[tæd͡ɮiːl]/ | 'pampering' | Allophone of /dl/ in some speakers |
| Avá-Canoeiro | Tocantins | pronounced as /[ˌtaːˈpid͡ɮɐ]/ | Tapirus terrestris | Possible realisation of pronounced as //l//. In the speech of people aged 40 to 80 years, the consonant is in free variation with pronounced as /[dl]/, pronounced as /[dʎ]/, pronounced as /[ʎ]/, pronounced as /[ɖ]/, pronounced as /[ɮ]/ and pronounced as /[l]/. | |
| Cherokee[4] | Cherokee: [[Cherokee syllabary|ᏜᎺᎭ]] Cherokee: '''dl'''ameha | pronounced as /[d͡ɮaːmeːhá]/ | 'bat' (mammal) | Syllable onset and intervocalic allophone of /t͡ɬ/. See Cherokee phonology | |
| Deg Xinag[5] | sichidl | pronounced as /[sət͡ʃʰəd͡ɮ]/ | 'my younger brother' | Syllable-final realization of /t͡ɬ/. | |
| Hebrew | Hebrew: '''דל'''עת dlaʻat | pronounced as /[d͡ɮaʔat]/ | 'gourd' | Allophone of /dl/ sequence in some speakers | |
| Montana Salish | pronounced as /p̓əllič̓č/ | pronounced as /[pʼəd͡ɮɮít͡ʃʼt͡ʃ]/ | 'turned over' | Positional allophone of pronounced as //l// | |
| Xhosa | indlovu | pronounced as /[ind͡ɮ̤ɔːv̤u]/ | 'elephant' | Allophone of pronounced as //ɮ̤// after pronounced as //n// | |
| Pa Na | pronounced as /[d͡ɮau˩˧]/ | 'deep' | |||
pronounced as /navigation/