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Voiceless dental and alveolar lateral fricatives

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Voiceless alveolar lateral fricative
ɬ
IPA number148
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɬ
Unicode (hex)U+026C
X-SAMPAK
Braille⠦ (braille pattern dots-236)⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)
Voiceless alveolar lateral approximant
l̥
IPA number155 402A
Encoding
X-SAMPAl_0
Voiceless velarized alveolar lateral approximant
ɫ̥

The voiceless alveolar lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spokenlanguages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral fricatives is [ɬ], and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is K.

The symbol [ɬ] is called "belted l" and is distinct from "l with tilde", [ɫ], which transcribes a different sound – the velarized (or pharynɡealized) alveolar lateral approximant, often called "dark L".[1]

Some scholars also posit the voiceless alveolar lateral approximant distinct from the fricative.[2] More recent research distinguishes between "turbulent" and "laminar" airflow in the vocal tract.[3] Ball & Rahilly (1999) state that "the airflow for voiced approximants remains laminar (smooth), and does not become turbulent".[4] The approximant may be represented in the IPA as ⟨l̥⟩.

In Sino-Tibetan language group, Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996) argue that Burmese and Standard Tibetan have voiceless lateral approximants [l̥] and Li Fang-Kuei & William Baxter contrast apophonically the voiceless alveolar lateral approximant from its voiced counterpart in the reconstruction of Old Chinese. Scholten (2000) includes the voiceless velarized alveolar lateral approximant [ɫ̥].

However, the voiceless dental & alveolar lateral approximant is constantly found as an allophone of its voiced counterpart in British English and Philadelphia English[5][6][7] after voiceless coronal and labial stops, which is velarized before back vowels, the allophone of [l] after voiceless dorsal and laryngeal stops is most realized as a voiceless velar lateral approximant.[8] See English phonology.

Features

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Features of the voiceless alveolar lateral fricative:[9]

Occurrence

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The sound is fairly common among indigenous languages of the Americas, such as Nahuatl, Tlingit and Navajo,[10] and in North Caucasian languages, such as Avar.[11] It is also found in African languages, such as Zulu, and Asian languages, such as Chukchi, some Yue dialects like Taishanese, the Hlai languages of Hainan, and several Formosan languages and dialects in Taiwan.[12]

The sound is rare in European languages outside the Caucasus, but it is found notably in Welsh in which it is written ⟨ll⟩.[13] Several Welsh names beginning with this sound (Llwyd[ɬʊɨd], Llywelyn[ɬəˈwɛlɨn]) have been borrowed into English and then retain the Welsh ⟨ll⟩ spelling but are pronounced with an /l/ (Lloyd, Llewellyn), or they are substituted with ⟨fl⟩ (pronounced /fl/) (Floyd, Fluellen). It was also found in certain dialects of LithuanianYiddish.

The phoneme /ɬ/ was also found in the most ancient Hebrew speech of the Ancient Israelites. The orthography of Biblical Hebrew, however, did not directly indicate the phoneme since it and several other phonemes of Ancient Hebrew did not have a grapheme of their own. The phoneme, however, is clearly attested by later developments: /ɬ/ was written with ⟨ש⟩, but the letter was also used for the sound /ʃ/. Later, /ɬ/ merged with /s/, a sound that had been written only with ⟨ס⟩. As a result, three etymologically distinct modern Hebrew phonemes can be distinguished: /s/ written ⟨ס⟩, /ʃ/ written ⟨ש⟩ (with later niqqud pointing שׁ), and /s/ evolving from /ɬ/ and written ⟨ש⟩ (with later niqqud pointing שׂ). The specific pronunciation of ⟨ש⟩ evolving to /s/ from [ɬ] is known based on comparative evidence since /ɬ/ is the corresponding Proto-Semitic phoneme and is still attested in Modern South Arabian languages,[14] and early borrowings indicate it from Ancient Hebrew (e.g. balsam < Greek balsamon < Hebrew baśam). The phoneme /ɬ/ began to merge with /s/ in Late Biblical Hebrew, as is indicated by interchange of orthographic ⟨ש⟩ and ⟨ס⟩, possibly under the influence of Aramaic, and became the rule in Mishnaic Hebrew.[15][16] In all Jewish reading traditions, /ɬ/ and /s/ have merged completely, but in Samaritan Hebrew/ɬ/ has instead merged into /ʃ/.[15]

The [ɬ] sound is also found in two of the constructed languages invented by J. R. R. Tolkien, Sindarin (inspired by Welsh) and Quenya (inspired by Finnish, Ancient Greek, and Latin).[17][18] In Sindarin, it is written as ⟨lh⟩ initially and ⟨ll⟩ medially and finally, and in Quenya, it appears only initially and is written ⟨hl⟩.

Dental or denti-alveolar

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Language Word IPAMeaning Notes
AmisKangko dialect tipid[tipiɬ̪]'bowl' Allophonic variation of word-final and sometimes word-initial /ɮ̪/.[19]
Mapudungun[20]kagüḻ[kɜˈɣɘɬ̪]'phlegm that is spit' Interdental; possible utterance-final allophone of /l̪/.[20]
NorwegianTrondheim dialect[21]sælt[s̪aɬ̪t̪]'sold' Laminal denti-alveolar; allophone of /l/. Also described as an approximant.[22] See Norwegian phonology
Sahaptin[ɬḵʼɑm]'moccasins' Contrasts approximant /l/.[23]

Alveolar

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Language Word IPAMeaning Notes
Adygheплъыжь / پݪ‍ہ‍ژ / płəžʼ[pɬəʑ]'red'
Ahtna[24]dzeł[tsɛɬ]'mountain'
Avar[25]лъабго / ڸابگۈ / ļabgo[ˈɬabɡo]'three'[26]
Basaylanum[ɬanum]'water'
BerberAit Seghrouchenaltu[æˈɬʊw]'not yet' Allophone of /lt/.[27]
Brahuiتیڷ / teļ[t̪e:ɬ]'scorpion' Contrasts /lɬ/.[28]
BununIsbukun dialect ludun[ɬuɗun]'mountain' Voiceless allophone of /l/ among some speakers.[29]
Bura[30]batli[batɬi]'early forenoon (7-9am)'[31]Contrasts with [ɮ] and [𝼆].[30][32]
Central Alaskan Yup'ik[33]talliq[taɬeq]'arm'
CherokeeOklahoma Cherokee tlha, kiihli[tɬá]~[ɬá], [ɡiːl̥í]~[ɡiːɬí]'not', 'dog' In free variation with affricate /tɬ/ among some speakers.[34] Also an alternative pronunciation of voiceless lateral approximant [l̥], a realization of cluster /hl/.[35]
Chickasaw[36]lhipa[ɬipa]'it is dry'
ChineseTaishanese[37]三[ɬäm˧]'three' Corresponds to [s] in Standard Cantonese
Pinghua
Pu-Xian Min沙[ɬua˥˧˧]'sand'
Chipewyan[38]łue[ɬue]'fish'
Chukchi[39][p(ə)ɬekət]'shoes'
Dahalo[40][ɬunno]'stew' Contrasts palatal /𝼆/ and labialized/ɬʷ/.[41]
Deg Xinagxindigixidiniłan'[xintikixitiniɬʔanʔ]'she is teaching them'
Dogribło[ɬo]'smoke' Contrasts voiced /ɮ/.[42]
Eyakqeł[qʰɛʔɬ]'woman' Contrasts approximant /l/.[43]
Fali[paɬkan]'shoulder'
Forest Nenetsхару[xaɬʲu]'rain' Contrasts palatalized/ɬʲ/.[44]
Greenlandicillu[iɬɬu]'house' Realization of underlying geminate /l/.[45] See Greenlandic phonology
Hadza[46]sleme[ɬeme]'man'
Haida[47]tla'únhl[tɬʰʌʔʊ́nɬ]'six'
Halkomelemɬ'eqw[ɬeqw]'wet' Attested in at least the Musqueam dialect.[48]
Hla'alua[49]lhatenge[50][ɬɑtɨŋɨ]'vegetable'
Hlai[ɬa⁵³~ɬa³³][51]'fish' Contrasts voiced approximant /l/.[52]
Hmong𖬃𖬥 / hli[ɬi˧]ⓘ'moon'
Inuktitutᐊᒃᖤᒃakłak[akɬak]'grizzly bear' See Inuit phonology
Kabardianлъы / ݪ‍ہ‍ / ĺı[ɬə]ⓘ'blood' Contrasts voiced /ɮ/ and glottalic/ɬʼ/.[53]
Kaskatsį̄ł[tsʰĩːɬ]'axe'
KhamGamale Kham[54]ह्ला[ɬɐ]'leaf'
Khroskyabs[55]? [ɬ-sá]'kill' (causative)
Lillooet[56]lhésp[ɬə́sp]'rash'[57]
Lushootseed[58]łukʷał[ɬukʷaɬ]'sun'
Mapudungun[20]kaül[kɜˈɘɬ]'a different song' Possible utterance-final allophone of /l/.[20]
Mochicapaxllær[paɬøɾ]Phaseolus lunatus
Molokosla[ɬa]'cow'
Mongolianлхагва[ˈɬaw̜ɐk]'Wednesday' Only in loanwords from Tibetan;[59] here from ལྷག་པ(lhag-pa)
Muscogee[60]páɬko[pəɬko]'grape'
Nahuatlāltepētl[aːɬˈtɛpɛːt͡ɬ]'city' Allophone of /l/
Navajołaʼ[ɬaʔ]'some' See Navajo phonology
Nisga'ahloks[ɬoks]'sun'
NorwegianTrøndersktatlete[ˈtɑɬɑt]'weak', 'small' Contrasts alveolar approximant /l/, apical postalveolar approximant /ɭ/, and laminal postalveolar approximant /l̠/.[61]
Nuosu[ɬu³³]'to fry' Contrasts approximant /l/.[62]
Nuxalkpłt[pɬt]'thick' Contrasts with affricates /t͡ɬʰ/ and /t͡ɬʼ/, and approximant /l/.[63]
Saanich[64]Ƚel[ɬəl]'splash'
Sandawelhaa[ɬáː]'goat'
Sassaresemorthu[ˈmoɬtu]ⓘ'dead'
Sawiڷو[ɬo]'three'[65]Contrasts approximant /l/.[66] Developed from earlier *tr- consonant cluster.[67]
Shuswapɬept[ɬept]'fire is out'[clarification needed]
Sothoho hlahloba[hoɬɑɬɔbɑ]'to examine' See Sotho phonology
SwedishJämtlandickallt[kaɬt]'cold' Also occurs in dialects in Dalarna and Härjedalen. See Swedish phonology
Västerbotten dialect behl[beɬː] 'bridle'
Taosłiwéna[ɬìˈwēnæ]'wife' See Taos phonology
Tera[68]tleebi[ɬè̞ːbi]'side'
Thaokilhpul[kiɬpul]'star'
Tlingitlingít[ɬɪ̀nkɪ́tʰ]'Tlingit'
Todakał[kaɬ]'to learn' Contrasts /lɬɭɭ̊˔(ꞎ)/.[69]
UkrainianPoltava subdialect[70]молоко[mɔɬɔˈkɔ]'milk' Occurs only in Poltava subdialect of Central Dniprovian dialect.
Tsezлъи[ɬi]ⓘ'water'
VietnameseGin dialect[71]小[ɬiu˧]'small'
Welsh[72]tegell[ˈtɛɡɛɬ]'kettle' See Welsh phonology
Xhosa[73]sihlala[síˈɬaːla]'we stay'
XumiLower[74][ʁul̥o˦]'head' Described as an approximant. Contrasts with the voiced /l/.[74][75]
Upper[75][bə˦l̥ä̝˦]'to open a lock'
Yurok[76]kerhl[kɚɬ]'earring'
Zuluihlahla[iɬaɬa]'twig' Contrasts voiced /ɮ/.[77]
Zuniasdemła[ʔastemɬan]'ten'

Alveolar approximant

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Language Word IPAMeaning Notes
AleutWestern Aleut hlax̂[l̥aχ]'boy' Contrasts with voiced /l/. Merged in Eastern Aleut.[78]
Burmeseလှ[l̥a̰]'beautiful' Contrasts with voiced /l/.
DanishStandard[79]plads[ˈpl̥æs]'square' Before /l/, aspiration of /p,t,k/ is realized as devoicing of /l/.[79] See Danish phonology
EnglishCardiff[7]plus[pl̥ʌ̝s]'plus'See English phonology
Norfolk[6]
Estonian[80]mahl[mɑ̝hːl̥]'juice' Word-final allophone of /l/ after /t,s,h/.[80] See Estonian phonology
Faroesehjálpa[jɔl̥pa]'to help' Allophone of /l/ before fortis plosives.[81]
Iaai[l̥iʈ]'black' Contrasts with voiced /l/.
Icelandichlaða[l̥aːða]'barn' Contrasts with voiced /l/. Allophonic variation of /l/ before fortis plosives.[82] See Icelandic phonology.
Northern SámiEastern Inland bálkká[pæl̥kæ]'salary' Allophone of underlying cluster /lh/[83]
Pipil[84][example needed]Contrasted voiced /l/ in some now-extinct dialects.[84]
Scottish Gaelicsgailc[s̪kal̥çkʲ]'blow, knock' Allophone of /l/ before a pre-aspirated plosive.[85]
Southern Nambikwara[86][haˈlawl̥u]'cane toad'[86]Allophonic variation of /l/.[86]
TibetanLhasa[l̥asa]'Lhasa'
UkrainianStandard[87]смисл[s̪mɪs̪l̥]'sense' Word-final allophone of /l/ after voiceless consonants.[87] See Ukrainian phonology

Velarized dental or alveolar approximant

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LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
EnglishSome Philadelphia speakers[5]plus[pɫ̥ɯs]'plus'See English phonology[5]
Scottish Gaelicfalt[fɑl̪̊ˠt̪]'hair' Allophone of /l̪ˠ/ before a pre-aspirated plosive.[88]
Turkish[89]yol[ˈjo̞ɫ̟̊]'way' Devoiced allophone of velarized dental /ɫ/, frequent finally and before voiceless consonants.[89] See Turkish phonology

Semitic languages

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The sound is conjectured as a phoneme for Proto-Semitic language, usually transcribed as ś; it has evolved into Arabic [ʃ], Hebrew[s]:

Proto-Semitic AkkadianArabicPhoenicianHebrewAramaicGe'ez
ś s̠ شš šš שׂ‎s ܫs ሠś

Among Semitic languages, the sound still exists in contemporary Soqotri[citation needed] and Mehri.[90] In Ge'ez, it is written with the letter Śawt.[citation needed]

Voiceless lateral-median fricative

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Voiceless alveolar lateral–median fricative
ʪ
θ̠ˡ
ɬ͡θ̠
ɬ͡s
Voiceless dental lateral–median fricative
ʪ̪
θˡ
ɬ̪͡θ

The voiceless alveolar non-sibilant fricative (also known as a "lisp" fricative) is a consonantal sound. Consonants is pronounced with simultaneous lateral and central airflow.

Features

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  • Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence. However, it does not have the grooved tongue and directed airflow, or the high frequencies, of a sibilant.
  • Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.
  • Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
  • It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
  • It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
  • 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

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LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Arabic[91][92][93]Al-Rubūʽah dialect الضيم[aθˡˁːajm]'anguish'[94]Classical Arabic *ɮˁ and Modern Standard Arabic [dˤ]
[dialect missing] ظامئ[ʪæːmiː]'thirsty' Classical and Modern Standard Arabic [ðˤ]

Capital letter

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Capital letter L with belt

Since the IPA letter "ɬ" has been adopted into the standard orthographies for many native North American languages, a capital letter L with belt "Ɬ" was requested by academics and added to the Unicode Standard version 7.0 in 2014 at U+A7AD.[95][96]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^"Dark L". home.cc.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^Pike (1943), pp. 71, 138–9.
  3. ^Shadle (2000), pp. 37–8.
  4. ^Ball, Martin J.; Rahilly, Joan (1999). Phonetics: the science of speech. London: Arnold. pp. 50–51. ISBN 978-0-340-70009-9.
  5. ^ abcGordon (2004), p. 290.
  6. ^ abLodge (2009), p. 168.
  7. ^ abCollins & Mees (1990), p. 93.
  8. ^Grønnum (2005), p. 154.
  9. ^Ladefoged, Peter; Johnson, Keith (3 January 2014). A Course in Phonetics. Cengage Learning. ISBN 978-1-305-17718-5.
  10. ^McDonough, Joyce (2003). The Navajo Sound System. Cambridge: Kluwer. ISBN 1-4020-1351-5.
  11. ^Laver, John (1994). Principles of Phonetics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 257–258. ISBN 0-521-45655-X.
  12. ^Henry Y., Chang (2000). 噶瑪蘭語參考語法 [Kavalan Grammar]. Taipei: 遠流 (Yuan-Liou). pp. 43–45. ISBN 9573238985.
  13. ^Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 203.
  14. ^Blau (2010:77)
  15. ^ abBlau (2010:69)
  16. ^Rendsburg (1997:73)
  17. ^Helge, Fauskanger. "Sindarin – the Noble Tongue". Ardalambion. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  18. ^Helge, Fauskanger. "Quenya Course". Ardalambion. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  19. ^Maddieson & Wright (1995), p. 47.
  20. ^ abcdSadowsky et al. (2013), pp. 88, 91.
  21. ^Kristoffersen (2000), p. 79.
  22. ^Vanvik (1979), p. 36.
  23. ^Jansen (2010), p. 38.
  24. ^Tuttle (2008), p. 464.
  25. ^Gippert (2000).
  26. ^Dellert et al. (2020).
  27. ^Abdel-Massih (2011), p. 20.
  28. ^Krishnamurti (2003), p. 77.
  29. ^Lin (2018), p. 128.
  30. ^ abGrønnum (2005), pp. 154–155.
  31. ^Blench, Roger. "Bura Dictionary"(PDF). Bura Dictionary. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  32. ^Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 203–204.
  33. ^Miyaoka (2012), p. 52.
  34. ^Uchihara (2016), p. 42.
  35. ^Uchihara (2016), p. 45.
  36. ^Gordon, Munro & Ladefoged (2002), p. 287.
  37. ^Taishanese Dictionary & Resources
  38. ^Li (1946), p. 398.
  39. ^Dunn (1999), p. 43.
  40. ^Maddieson et al. (1993), p. 27.
  41. ^Maddieson et al. (1993), p. 41.
  42. ^Coleman (1976), p. 8.
  43. ^Krauss (2016), p. 167.
  44. ^Salminen (2007), p. 365.
  45. ^Stefanelli (2019), p. 30.
  46. ^Sands, Maddieson & Ladefoged (1993), p. 68.
  47. ^Enrico (2003), p. 10.
  48. ^Suttles (2004), p. 3.
  49. ^Pan (2012), pp. 22–23.
  50. ^Pan (2012), p. 169.
  51. ^Ostapirat (2008), p. 625.
  52. ^Yuan (1994), pp. 1–2.
  53. ^Kuipers (1960), p. 18.
  54. ^Wilde, Christopher P. (2016). "Gamale Kham phonology revisited, with Devanagari-based orthography and lexicon". Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society. hdl:1885/109195. ISSN 1836-6821.
  55. ^Lai, Yunfan (June 2013b). La morphologie affixale du lavrung wobzi (Master's thesis) (in French). Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III.
  56. ^Van Eijk (1997), p. 2.
  57. ^Van Eijk (1997), p. 64.
  58. ^Beck (1999), p. 2.
  59. ^Svantesson et al. (2005), pp. 30–33.
  60. ^Martin (2011), p. 47.
  61. ^Endresen & Simonsen (2000), p. 246.
  62. ^Edmondson, Esling & Lama (2017), p. 88.
  63. ^Newman (1947), p. 129.
  64. ^Montler (1986).
  65. ^Liljegren (2009), p. 34.
  66. ^Liljegren (2009), p. 31.
  67. ^Liljegren (2009), p. 36.
  68. ^Tench (2007), p. 228.
  69. ^Krishnamurti (2003), p. 66.
  70. ^Кримський Агатангел Юхимович; Синявський О.; Михальчук Костянтин Петрович (1841–1914); Курило Олена Борисівна; Гладкий П.; Бузук П.; Расторгуєв П.; Рудницький Є.; Ahatanhel Krymsky (1929). Український діялектологічний збірник. Кн. I–II.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  71. ^Wei (2006), p. 14.
  72. ^Hannahs (2013), p. 18.
  73. ^Le Doeuff (2020), p. 6.
  74. ^ abChirkova & Chen (2013), pp. 365, 367–368.
  75. ^ abChirkova, Chen & Kocjančič Antolík (2013), pp. 382–383.
  76. ^"Yurok consonants". Yurok Language Project. UC Berkeley. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  77. ^Poulos & Msimang (1998), p. 480.
  78. ^Taff et al. (2001), p. 234.
  79. ^ abBasbøll (2005), pp. 65–66.
  80. ^ abAsu & Teras (2009), p. 368.
  81. ^Árnason (2011), p. 124.
  82. ^Árnason (2011), p. 110.
  83. ^Aikio & Ylikoski (2022), p. 154.
  84. ^ abAquino (2019), p. 228.
  85. ^Mac Gill-Fhinnein (1966), p. 10.
  86. ^ abcNetto (2018), p. 127.
  87. ^ abDanyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 10.
  88. ^Oftedal (1956), p. 99.
  89. ^ abZimmer & Orgun (1999), pp. 154–155.
  90. ^Howe, Darin (2003). Segmental Phonology. University of Calgary. p. 22.
  91. ^Heselwood (2013) Phonetic transcription in theory and practice, p 122–123
  92. ^Janet Watson (January 2011). "Lateral fricatives and lateral emphatics in southern Saudi Arabia and Mehri". academia.edu.
  93. ^Watson, Janet (January 2013). "Lateral reflexes of Proto-Semitic D and Dh in Al-Rubūʽah dialect, south-west Saudi Arabic: Electropalatographic and acoustic evidence". Nicht Nur mit Engelszungen: Beiträge zur Semitischen Dialektologie: Festschrift für Werner Arnold.
  94. ^Younger speakers distinguish between voiceless [aθˡˁːajm] for emotional pain and voiced [[Voiced_alveolar_fricative#Voiced_lateral-median_fricative|[aðˡˁːajm]]] for physical pain.
  95. ^Joshua M Jensen, Karl Pentzlin, 2012-02-08, Proposal to encode a Latin Capital Letter L with Belt
  96. ^"Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH BELT' (U+A7AD)". www.fileformat.info. FileFormat.Info. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

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