Alveolar lateral ejective affricate

The alveolar lateral ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is [t͡ɬ’] (or [tɬ’]), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is <ƛ’>} (lambda bar).

Features

Features of the alveolar lateral ejective affricate:

• Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by stopping air flow entirely, followed by forcing it through a narrow channel, causing turbulence.
• Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue against the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
• Its phonation type 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.
• It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the sides of the tongue, rather than the middle of the tongue.
• The airstream mechanism is glottalic egressive, which means it is produced by pushing air with the glottis, rather than with the diaphragm.

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Avar		кьалаб	[ˈtɬʼalab]	'hostile'
Tsez		кьиш	[tɬʼɪʃ]	'splinter'

See also

• List of phonetic topics