Alveolar lateral ejective affricateAn alveolar lateral ejective affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .FeaturesFeatures of an alveolar lateral ejective affricate:OccurrenceProto-Semitic *ṣ́ is believed to have been an alveolar lateral ejective affricate.