Voiced retroflex lateral approximant

Voiced retroflex lateral approximant
ɭ
IPA Number156
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)ɭ
Unicode (hex)U+026D
X-SAMPAl`
Braille⠲ (braille pattern dots-256)⠇ (braille pattern dots-123)

The voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɭ ⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l`.

The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its voiceless counterpart /ɭ̊ / in Iaai and Toda.[1] In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior /, l/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda.[1]