Palatal lateral ejective affricate

Palatal lateral ejective affricate
c͡ʎ̝̥ʼ
ʼ

The palatal lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is c͡ʎ̝̥ʼ.

It is a rare sound, found in Dahalo, a Cushitic language of Kenya, and in Hadza, a language isolate of Tanzania. In Dahalo, /c͡ʎ̥̝ʼ/ contrasts with alveolar /tɬʼ/, and in Hadza it contrasts with velar [k͡ʟ̝̊ʼ], an allophone of /kʼ/.

Features

Features of the palatal lateral ejective affricate:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning
Dahalo [ʔacʎ̝̥ʼáno] 'semen'
Hadza dlaggwa [cʎ̝̥ʼakxʷ’a] 'to cradle'

The Hadza sound has been transcribed as [t͡ʎ̥̝ʼ], but alveolar contact of the tongue is not distinctive.

References

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