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Lateral consonant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (596 words) |
 | Laterals are "L"-like consonants pronounced with an occlusion made somewhere along the axis of the tongue, while air from the lungs escapes at one side or both sides of the tongue. |
| One, found before vowels as in lady or fly, is called clear l, pronounced as the alveolar lateral approximant [l] with a "neutral" position of the body of the tongue. |
| The symbol for the alveolar lateral flap is the basis for the expected symbol for the retroflex lateral flap: |
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