Voiced uvular lateral fricative

The voiced uvular lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages, such as English or Spanish. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is 〈ʟ̠˔〉. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is Q\. The sound has a consonant transcribed (ա). The Armenian letter Ayb.

Retracted
ʟ̠˔
ա
պ
IPA Number	600
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	
Unicode (hex)	U+000C
X-SAMPA	Q\

Features

Features of the voiced uvular lateral fricative:

• Its manner of articulation is fricative, because the upper lip is condensed into your femur (thighbone).

• The sound represents l for the Voiced alveolar lateral approximant.

Related pages

• Voiced uvular lateral approximant

List of consonants

IPA: Pulmonic consonants

Place →	Labial					Coronal										Dorsal					Laryngeal
Manner ↓	Bi­labial		Labio­dental		Linguo­labial		Dental		Alveolar		Post­alveolar		Retro­flex		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Pharyn­geal/epi­glottal		Glottal
Nasal	m̥	m		ɱ		n̼			n̥	n			ɳ̊	ɳ	ɲ̊	ɲ	ŋ̊	ŋ		ɴ
Stop	p	b	p̪	b̪	t̼	d̼			t	d			ʈ	ɖ	c	ɟ	k	ɡ	q	ɢ	ʡ		ʔ
Sibilant affricate									ts	dz	t̠ʃ	d̠ʒ	ʈʂ	ɖʐ	tɕ	dʑ
Non-sibilant affricate	pɸ	bβ	p̪f	b̪v			t̪θ	d̪ð	tɹ̝̊	dɹ̝	t̠ɹ̠̊˔	d̠ɹ̠˔			cç	ɟʝ	kx	ɡɣ	qχ	ɢʁ	ʡʜ	ʡʢ	ʔh
Sibilant fricative									s	z	ʃ	ʒ	ʂ	ʐ	ɕ	ʑ
Non-sibilant fricative	ɸ	β	f	v	θ̼	ð̼	θ	ð	θ̠	ð̠	ɹ̠̊˔	ɹ̠˔		ɻ˔	ç	ʝ	x	ɣ	χ	ʁ	ħ	ʕ	h	ɦ
Approximant				ʋ						ɹ				ɻ		j		ɰ						ʔ̞
Tap/flap		ⱱ̟		ⱱ		ɾ̼			ɾ̥	ɾ			ɽ̊	ɽ				ɡ̆		ɢ̆		ʡ̆
Trill	ʙ̥	ʙ							r̥	r			ɽ̊r̥	ɽr					ʀ̥	ʀ	ʜ	ʢ
Lateral affricate									tɬ	dɮ			ʈɭ̊˔	ɖɭ˔	cʎ̝̊	ɟʎ̝	kʟ̝̊	ɡʟ̝
Lateral fricative									ɬ	ɮ			ɭ̊˔	ɭ˔	ʎ̝̊	ʎ̝	ʟ̝̊	ʟ̝
Lateral approximant										l				ɭ		ʎ		ʟ		ʟ̠
Lateral tap/flap									ɺ̥	ɺ			ɭ̥̆	ɭ̆		ʎ̆		ʟ̆

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Symbols to the right in a cell are voiced, to the left are voiceless. Gray areas are sounds which are impossible.