Lateral flap

Lateral flap

A lateral flap is a family of consonantal sounds, used in some spoken languages.

There are four attested or claimed lateral flaps in the world's languages:
*The alveolar lateral flap is quite common.
*A retroflex lateral flap is found in the Iwaidja language of Australia.
*A palatal lateral flap may also occur in Iwaidja, but is uncertain.
*A velar lateral flap occurs allophonically in Melpa and a few other languages of New Guinea.

Features

Features of lateral fl

* 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.
* 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.


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