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The alveolar lateral flap is a type of Consonant al sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .


FEATURES


Features of the alveolar lateral flap:

  • Its Manner Of Articulation is Flap , which means it is produced with a single contraction of the muscles so that one articulator is thrown against another.

  • Its Place Of Articulation is Alveolar , which means it is articulated with the tip of the tongue against the Alveolar Ridge .

  • Its Phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.

  • 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 Pulmonic Egressive , which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the Lung s and through the vocal tract, rather than from the Glottis or the mouth.



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The lateral flap appears to be under-reported because European-language speaking linguists often fail to recognize it.

In Japanese , the ''r'' may be a lateral flap, or may be a flap indeterminate in its centrality. Both possibilities are quite common in languages which do not distinguish from , especially when these sounds are claimed to be in Free Variation .

The Iwaidja Language of Australia has both an alveolar and a Retroflex Lateral Flap , and (perhaps) a Palatal Lateral Flap as well.


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