Voiceless palatal lateral affricate
| Voiceless palatal lateral affricate | |
|---|---|
| c𝼆 | |
| cʎ̥˔ | |
| Audio sample | |
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 ⟨c͜𝼆⟩ or traditional ⟨c͜ʎ̥˔⟩.
Features
[edit]Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral affricate:
- Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is palatal, which means it is articulated with the middle or back part of the tongue raised to the hard palate.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
[edit]The sound occurs in Hadza and, as an ejective (see), in Dahalo.[1]
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadza | tlhakate | c͜𝼆ʰakate | "rhinoceros" (if dead)[2] | Contrasts with ejective and aspirated forms. Although initial contact varies from alveolar to palatal, frication is always palatal.[3] |
| tlaa | c͜𝼆aʔa | "to meet, to follow" |
References
[edit]- ^ Maddieson, Ian; Spajić, Siniša; Sands, Bonny; Ladesfoged, Peter (1993). "Phonetic structures of Dahalo" (PDF). Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere. 36: 7.
- ^ Blench, Roger (2008). "Dead souls: the language of Hadza animal names" (PDF).
- ^ Miller, Anyawire, Bala & Sands, A Hadza Lexicon and etymological dictionary, 2023 printing.
