Alveolar lateral ejective affricate

Features of the alveolar lateral ejective affricate:

• Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.

• Its place of articulation is alveolar, which means it is articulated with either the tip or the blade of the tongue at the alveolar ridge, termed respectively apical and laminal.

• Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.

• It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.

• It is a lateral consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.

• The airstream mechanism is ejective (glottalic egressive), which means the air is forced out by pumping the glottis upward.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Avar		кьалаб	[t͡ɬʼalab]	'hostile'
Haida		sttluujagadang	[st͡ɬʼuːt͡ʃakataŋ]	'Sapsucker'
Iraqw[1]		hatlʼáʼ	[hat͡ɬʼáʔ]	'other'
Kabardian	Baslaney	лӏы	[t͡ɬʼə]	'man'	Corresponds to [ɬʼ] in other dialects.
Lillooet		st'át'imcets	[ˈst͡ɬʼæt͡ɬʼjəmxət͡ʃ]	'Lilooet language'
Navajo		tłʼóoʼdi	[t͡ɬʼóːʔtɪ̀]	'(at) the outside'
Sahaptin		mɨƛ’ɨƛ’k	[mɨˈt͡ɬʼɨt͡ɬʼk]	'mud'
Tlingit		tlʼeex	[t͡ɬʼix]	'garbage'
Lushootseed		sq̓aƛ̕	[sq'ɑt͡ɬʼ]	'otter'
Tsez		кьиш	[t͡ɬʼɪʃ]	'splinter'

Proto-Semitic *ṣ́ is believed to have been an alveolar lateral ejective affricate.

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• List of languages with [tɬʼ] on PHOIBLE