| Ipa Symbol: | ʎ̆ |
The voiced palatal lateral flap is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. There is no dedicated symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound. However, the symbol for a palatal lateral approximant with a breve denoting extra-short (IPA|ʎ̆) may be used.
Features of the voiced palatal lateral flap:
The Iwaidja and Ilgar languages of Australia have a palatal lateral flap as well as alveolar and retroflex lateral flaps. However, the palatal flap has not been shown to be phonemic; it may instead be an underlying sequence pronounced as //ɺj//.
| Ilgar | pronounced as /[miʎ̆arɡu]/ | Mildyagru | Likely an underlying sequence of pronounced as //ɺj//. Contrasts pronounced as //l, ɺ, ɭ, //. | ||
| Iwaidja | Contrasts pronounced as //l, ɺ, ɭ, // and pronounced as /[ʎ, ʎ̆]/, though the latter are likely to be sequences pronounced as //lj, ɺj//. | ||||
| Oʼodham | leʼeje | pronounced as /[ʎ̆ɨʔɨd͡ʒɨ]/ | brat (misbehaving child) | Described as a palatal lateral flap in recent sources, as retroflex in older sources. | |
pronounced as /navigation/