l [l]

2 examples

North Slavey, Deline  -  Phoneme: l [l]  -  IPA: Voiced lateral approximant.

1 Word: leselé [lɛsɛlɛ́] "salt"  -  Speaker: SP5

An example of the sound l. Though this sound is classified as a fricative in the inventory, in this word, where it appears twice, it is a lateral approximate.


2 Word: denelá [tɛnɛlɑ́] "hand"  -  Speaker: SP5

Antoher instance of a voiced lateral fricative as an approximate in stem initial position.



 
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