Dental, alveolar and postalveolar lateral approximants
Alveolar lateral approximant | |
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l | |
IPA number | 155 |
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Entity (decimal) |
l |
Unicode (hex) | U+006C |
X-SAMPA |
l |
Kirshenbaum |
l |
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Postalveolar lateral approximant | |
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l̠ |
Dental lateral approximant | |
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l̪ |
The alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral approximants is ⟨l⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l.
As a sonorant, lateral approximants are nearly always voiced. Voiceless lateral approximants, /l̥/ are common in Sino-Tibetan languages, but uncommon elsewhere. In such cases, voicing typically starts about halfway through the hold of the consonant. No language is known to contrast such a sound with a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative [ɬ].
In a number of languages, including most varieties of English, the phoneme /l/ becomes velarized in certain contexts, a sound often called "dark l". Some languages, like many North American dialects of English, may not have a "clear" /l/ at all, or use it only before front vowels (especially [i]).
Features
Features of the voiced alveolar lateral approximant:
- Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by narrowing the vocal tract at the place of articulation, but not enough to produce a turbulent airstream.
- There are four specific variants of [ɬ]:
- Dental, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the upper teeth, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- Denti-alveolar, which means it is articulated with the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, and the tip of the tongue behind upper teeth.
- Alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- Postalveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- 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.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Languages may have clear apical or laminal alveolars (such as Bulgarian, which has both), laminal denti-alveolars (such as French), or true dentals, which are uncommon. However, a true dental generally occurs allophonically before /θ/ in languages that have it, as in English health.
Dental or denti-alveolar
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Arabic | Gulf[1] | لين | [l̪eːn] | 'when' | Laminal denti-alveolar. See Arabic phonology |
Hungarian[2] | elem | [ˈɛl̪ɛm] | 'battery' | Laminal denti-alveolar. See Hungarian phonology | |
Italian[3][4][5] | molto | [ˈmol̪ːt̪o] | 'much, a lot' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Allophone of /l/ before /t, d, s, z, t͡s, d͡z/.[3][4][5] See Italian phonology | |
Macedonian[6] | лево | [l̪e̞vo̞] | 'left' | Laminal denti-alveolar. See Macedonian phonology | |
Mapudungun[7] | ḻafkeṉ | [l̪ɐ̝fkën̪] | 'sea, lake' | Interdental.[7] | |
Norwegian | Standard Eastern[8] | anlegg | [²ɑnːl̪ɛg] | 'plant (industrial)' | Allophone of /l/ after /n, t, d/.[8] See Norwegian phonology |
Swedish | Central Standard[9] | allt | [äl̪t̪] | 'everything' | Laminal denti-alveolar. See Swedish phonology |
Tamil[10] | புலி | [pul̪i] | 'tiger' | See Tamil phonology | |
Uzbek[11] | Laminal denti-alveolar. Velarized between a non-front rounded vowel and a consonant or juncture phoneme.[11] | ||||
Vietnamese | Hanoi[12] | lửa | [l̪ɨə˧˩˧] | 'fire' | See Vietnamese phonology |
Alveolar
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Arabic | Standard[13] | لا | [laː] | 'no' | See Arabic phonology |
Armenian | Eastern[14] | լուսին | [lusin] | 'moon' | |
Catalan[15][16] | tela | [ˈt̪ɛlə] | 'fabric' | Apical 'front alveolar'.[15][16] May also be velarized.[17] See Catalan phonology | |
Dutch | Standard[18] | laten | [ˈl̻aːt̻ə] | 'to let' | Laminal. Some Standard Belgian speakers use the clear /l/ in all positions.[18] See Dutch phonology |
Some Eastern accents[19] | mal | [mɑl̻] | 'mold' | Laminal; realization of /l/ in all positions.[19] See Dutch phonology | |
English | Most speakers | let | [lɛt] | 'let' | See English phonology |
New York[20] | Varies between apical and laminal, with the latter being predominant.[20] | ||||
Italian[3][21][22] | letto | [ˈlɛt̪ːo] | 'bed' | Apical.[4] See Italian phonology | |
Kashubian[23] | |||||
Kyrgyz[24] | көпөлөк | [køpøˈløk] | 'butterfly' | Velarized in back vowel contexts. See Kyrgyz phonology | |
Mapudungun[7] | elun | [ëˈlʊn] | 'to give' | ||
Polish[25] | pole | [ˈpɔlɛ] | 'field' | Contrasts with /ɫ/ for a small number of speakers; when it does, it is always palatalized [lʲ]. See Polish phonology | |
Romanian[26] | alună | [äˈlun̪ə] | 'hazelnut' | Apical. See Romanian phonology | |
Slovak[27] | mĺkvy | [ˈml̩ːkʋi] | 'silent' | Syllabic form can be long or short. See Slovak phonology | |
Slovene[28] | letalo | [lɛˈt̪àːlɔ] | 'airplane' | See Slovene phonology | |
Spanish[29] | hablar | [äˈβ̞läɾ] | 'to speak' | See Spanish phonology | |
Ukrainian[30] | обличчя | [oˈblɪt͡ʃːɐ] | 'face' | Contrasts with palatalized form. See Ukrainian phonology |
Postalveolar
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Igbo | Standard[31] | lì | [l̠ì] | 'bury' | |
Italian[4] | il cervo | [il̠ʲ ˈt͡ʃɛrvo] | 'the deer' | Palatalized laminal; allophone of /l/ before /ʃ, t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ/.[4] See Italian phonology | |
Turkish[32][33] | lale | [l̠ʲäːˈl̠ʲɛ] | 'tulip' | Palatalized; contrasts with a velarized dental lateral [ɫ̪].[32][33] See Turkish phonology | |
Zapotec | Tilquiapan[34] | lan | [l̠an] | 'soot' |
Variable
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Faroese[35] | linur | [ˈliːnʊɹ] | 'soft' | Varies between dental and alveolar in initial position, whereas the postvocalic /l/ may be postalveolar, especially after back vowels.[35] See Faroese phonology | |
French[36] | il | [il] | 'he' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar and apical alveolar, with the latter being predominant.[36] See French phonology | |
German | Standard[37] | Liebe | [ˈliːbə] | 'love' | Varies between laminal denti-alveolar, laminal alveolar and apical alveolar.[37] See Standard German phonology |
Norwegian | Standard Eastern[38] | liv | [liːʋ] | 'life' | In process of changing from laminal denti-alveolar to apical alveolar, but the laminal denti-alveolar is still possible in some environments, and is obligatory after /n, t, d/.[38] See Norwegian phonology |
Portuguese | Most Brazilian dialects[39][40] | lero-lero | [ˈlɛɾu ˈlɛɾu] | 'runaround'[41] | Dental to sometimes alveolar, always co-articulated in other dialects.[42] See Portuguese phonology |
Velarized alveolar lateral approximant
Dark L | |
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lˠ | |
lˤ | |
ɫ | |
IPA number | 209 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) |
lˠ |
Unicode (hex) | U+006C U+02E0 |
X-SAMPA |
5 or l_G or l_?\ |
Kirshenbaum |
l<vzd> |
Sound | |
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The velarized alveolar lateral approximant (dark l) is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is an alveolar, denti-alveolar, or dental lateral approximant, with a secondary articulation of velarization or pharyngealization. The regular symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represent this sound are ⟨lˠ⟩ (for a velarized lateral) and ⟨lˤ⟩ (for a pharyngealized lateral), though the dedicated letter ⟨ɫ⟩, which covers both velarization and pharyngealization, is perhaps more common. The last symbol should never be confused with ⟨l⟩, which represents the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative. However, some scholars[43] use that symbol to represent the velarized alveolar lateral approximant anyway - such usage is considered non-standard.
If the sound is dental or denti-alveolar, one could use a dental diacritic to indicate so: ⟨l̪ˠ⟩, ⟨l̪ˤ⟩, ⟨ɫ̪⟩.
Velarization and pharyngealization are generally associated with more dental articulations of coronal consonants so dark l tends to be dental or denti-alveolar while clear l tends to be retracted to an alveolar position.[44]
Features
Features of the dark l:
- Its manner of articulation is approximant, which means it is produced by narrowing the vocal tract at the place of articulation, but not enough to produce a turbulent airstream.
- There are four specific variants of [ɫ]:
- Dental, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the upper teeth.
- Denti-alveolar, which means it is articulated with the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, and the tip of the tongue behind upper teeth.
- Alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or, more rarely,[44] the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- Postalveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue behind the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
- It has a secondary articulation of velarization or pharyngealization, meaning that the back or root of the tongue approaches the soft palate (velum), or the back of the throat, respectively.
- Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
- 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.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
Dental or denti-alveolar
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Belarusian[45] | Беларусь | [bʲɛɫ̪äˈrus̪ʲ] | 'Belarus' | Laminal denti-alveolar; contrasts with palatalized form. See Belarusian phonology | |
Catalan[17][46] | altres | [ˈaɫ̪t̪ɾəs̺] | 'others' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Allophone of /l/ before /t, d/.[46] See Catalan phonology | |
Icelandic[47] | sigldi | [s̺ɪɫ̪t̪ɪ] | 'sailed' | Laminal denti-alveolar; rare. See Icelandic phonology | |
Kashubian | Older southeastern speakers[23] | Laminal denti-alveolar; realized as [w] by other speakers.[23] | |||
Lithuanian[48] | labas | [ˈɫ̪äːbɐs̪] | 'hi' | Laminal denti-alveolar; contrasts with palatalized form. See Lithuanian phonology | |
Macedonian[49] | лук luk |
[ɫ̪uk] | 'garlic' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Present only before back vowels (/u, o, a/) and syllable-finally. See Macedonian phonology | |
Norwegian | Standard Eastern[48][8] | tale | [ˈt̻ʰɑːɫ̪ə] | 'speech' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Allophone of /l/ after /ɔ, oː, ɑ, ɑː/, and sometimes also after /u, uː/.[8] However, according to Endresen (1990), this allophone is not velarized.[50] See Norwegian phonology |
Polish | Eastern dialects[25] | łapa | [ˈɫ̪äpä] | 'paw' | Laminal denti-alveolar. Corresponds to /w/ in standard Polish. See Polish phonology |
Russian[51] | малый | [ˈmɑ̟ɫ̪ɨ̞j] | 'small' | Pharyngealized laminal denti-alveolar. See Russian phonology | |
Scottish Gaelic[52] | Mallaig | [ˈmäʊɫ̪ækʲ] | 'Mallaig' | See Scottish Gaelic phonology | |
Turkish[32][33] | lala | [ɫ̪äˈɫ̪ä] | 'servant' | Laminal denti-alveolar; contrasts with a palatalized postalveolar lateral [l̠].[32][33] See Turkish phonology |
Alveolar
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Afrikaans | Standard[53][54] | tafel | [ˈtɑːfəɫ] | 'table' | Velarized in all positions, especially non-prevocalically.[53][54] See Afrikaans phonology |
Albanian | Standard | llullë | [ˈɫuɫə] | 'smoking pipe' | |
Arabic | Standard[55] | الله ʼAllah | [ʔɑˈɫːɑːh] | 'God' | Also transcribed as ⟨lˤ⟩. Many accents and dialects lack the sound and instead pronounce [ɬ]. See Arabic phonology |
Catalan[17] | Eastern dialects | cel·la | [ˈsɛɫːə] | 'cell' | Apical. Can be always dark in many dialects. See Catalan phonology |
Western dialects | alt | [aɫ(t)] | 'tall' | ||
Dutch | Standard[56] | mallen | [ˈmɑɫ̻ə] | 'molds' | Laminal; pharyngealized in northern accents, velarized or post-palatalised in southern accents. It is an allophone of /l/ before consonants and pauses, and also prevocalically when after the open back vowels /ɔ, ɑ/. Many northern speakers realize the final /l/ as a strongly pharyngealised vocoid [ɤˤ], whereas some Standard Belgian speakers use the clear /l/ in all positions.[56] See Dutch phonology |
Some Netherlandic accents[19] | laten | [ˈɫ̻aːt̻ə] | 'to let' | Pharyngealized laminal; realization of /l/ in all positions.[19] See Dutch phonology | |
English[57] | Australian | feel | [fiːɫ] | 'feel' | Most often apical; can be always dark in North America, Australia and New Zealand. See Australian English phonology and English phonology |
Canadian | |||||
Dublin | |||||
General American | |||||
New Zealand | |||||
Received Pronunciation | |||||
South African | |||||
Scottish | loch | [ɫɔx] | 'loch' | Can be always dark except in some borrowings from Scottish Gaelic | |
Greek | Northern dialects[58] | μπάλα bálla | [ˈbaɫa] | 'ball' | Allophone of /l/ before /a o u/. See Modern Greek phonology |
Romanian | Bessarabian dialect[59] | cal | [kaɫ] | 'horse' | Corresponds to non-velarized l in standard Romanian. See Romanian phonology |
Serbo-Croatian[60] | лак / lak | [ɫâ̠k] | 'easy' | Apical; may be syllabic; contrasts with /ʎ/. See Serbo-Croatian phonology | |
Uzbek[11] | Apical; between a non-front rounded vowel and a consonant or juncture phoneme. Non-velarized denti-alveolar elsewhere.[11] |
Variable
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Portuguese | European[61] | mil | [miɫ̪] | 'thousand' | When [lˠ ~ lʶ ~ lˤ ~ lˀ],[62] most often dental. Coda is now vocalized to [u̯ ~ ʊ̯] in most of Brazil (as in rural parts of Alto Minho and Madeira).[63] Stigmatized realizations such as [ɾ ~ ɽ ~ ɻ], the /ʁ/ range, [j] and even [∅] (zero) are some other coda allophones typical of Brazil.[64] Can be always dental and always dark (especially before back/rounded and close/unrounded vowels) in most dialects. See Portuguese phonology |
Most dialects[65] | Lituânia | [ɫ̪it̪uˈɐ̃ɲ̟ɐ] | 'Lithuania' | ||
Older and conservative Brazilian[66][67][68][69] | álcool | [ˈäɫ̪ko̞ɫ̪] | 'alcohol, ethanol' |
See also
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