Voiceless palatal lateral affricate


A voiceless palatal lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. There are two ways it can be transcribed into IPA: extIPA or traditional.

Features

Features of a voiceless palatal lateral affricate:

Occurrence

The sound occurs in Hadza and, as an ejective, in Dahalo.
LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Hadzatlhakate"rhinoceros" Contrasts with ejective and aspirated forms. Although initial contact varies from alveolar to palatal, frication is always palatal.
Hadzatlaa"to meet, to follow"Contrasts with ejective and aspirated forms. Although initial contact varies from alveolar to palatal, frication is always palatal.