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The velarized alveolar lateral approximant, which may actually be uvularized or pharyngealized, also known as '''dark l,''' is a type of Consonant al sound, used in some Spoken Language s. FEATURES Features of the velarized alveolar lateral approximant:
IN ENGLISH In many dialects of English , including Received Pronunciation , the velarized lateral alveolar approximant occurs in Syllable Coda position, as in ''bell'' and ''milk''. In Syllable Onset position, however, the non-velarized or "plain" Alveolar Lateral Approximant is found. In other words, the dark l is the l-sound used in ''bell'' and ''milk'', as opposed to the clear l, which is the l-sound used in ''lad'' or ''lip''. Some other dialects of English, such as Scottish English and New York City English , use a velarized or dark l in all positions, while Hiberno-English (Irish English) uses clear l everywhere. Some English accents, such as Cockney , Estuary English , South Australian English , and, to a lesser extent, the African American Vernacular English use [u or [o] instead of dark l's, a process known as L-vocalization (so that ''bell'' becomes "beww" and ''milk'' becomes "miwk"). Similar changes are found in other languages, such as Serbian , as seen in the Serbian name Beograd of Belgrade . IN OTHER LANGUAGES The sound is widespread in European languages, usually as an allophone of the Alveolar Lateral Approximant Such allophony is found in English, Portuguese and some dialects of German (e.g., the '' Meidlinger L '' from Vienna that is often attributed to influence from Czech .) In some languages like Albanian and Russian, the velarized alveolar lateral is phonemic and contrasts with clear [l or palatalized []. Outside Europe the sound is rare, though it occurs in several Turkic Languages . The Emphatic ''l'', found in several Berber Languages and the single word '' Allah '' in Arabic , can be realized as velarized or pharyngealized.
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