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Voiced uvular lateral fricative

The voiced uvular lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is ⟨ʟ̠˔⟩. The equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L\_-_r.

Voiced uvular lateral fricative
ʟ̠˔
𝼄̬˗
IPA number158 414 429
Encoding
X-SAMPAL\_-_r
 

Features

  • The airstream mechanism is pulmonic. It means that we produce this sound by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
  • Its phonation is voiced. It means that the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
  • We produce it at uvular. It means that we produce this sound with the back of the tongue (the dorsum) at the uvula.
  • It is a lateral consonant. It means that we produce this sound by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, but not down the middle.
  • Its behavior is fricative. It means that we produce this sound by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, to make turbulence.

Voiced Uvular Lateral Fricative Media

  • This memorial to Wadea al-Fayoume was unveiled on June 28, 2025 at Van Horn Woods in Plainfield, Illinois.

Related pages

List of consonants

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