Voiced velar lateral approximant | |||
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ʟ | |||
IPA Number | 158 | ||
Audio sample | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | ʟ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+029F | ||
X-SAMPA | L\ | ||
Braille | |||
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The voiced velar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used as a distinct consonant in a very small number[1] of spoken languages in the world. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʟ⟩ a small capital version of the Latin letter l (since 1989), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L\
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The velar laterals of the world often involve a prestopped realization [ɡ͡ʟ].[2]