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˔⟩.
| Voiceless palatal lateral affricate | |
|---|---|
| c𝼆 | |
| cʎ̥˔ | |
| Audio sample | |
Features
editFeatures 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
editThe 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.