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Voiced uvular lateral approximant
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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>Features of the voiced uvular lateral approximant: </p> <ul><li>Its <a href="/facts/Manner_of_articulation/HxyCqDQC">manner of articulation</a> is <a href="/facts/Approximant/SXrlw7zY">approximant</a>, which means it is produced by narrowing the vocal tract at the place of articulation, but not enough to produce a <a href="/facts/Turbulence/NpgFUhG5">turbulent airstream</a>.</li> <li>Its <a href="/facts/Place_of_articulation/exCzaxeF">place of articulation</a> is <a href="/facts/Uvular_consonant/XA5mSSKK">uvular</a>, which means it is articulated with the back of the <a href="/facts/Tongue/oW4tp3a0">tongue</a> (the dorsum) at the <a href="/facts/Palatine_uvula/ogxp4I1A">uvula</a>.</li> <li>Its <a href="/facts/Phonation/u2IGLdgG">phonation</a> is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.</li> <li>It is an <a href="/facts/Oral_consonant/feM4cful">oral consonant</a>, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.</li> <li>It is a <a href="/facts/Lateral_consonant/Mcyc1or8">lateral consonant</a>, which means it is produced by directing the airstream over the sides of the tongue, rather than down the middle.</li> <li>Its <a href="/facts/Airstream_mechanism/qooe2ESC">airstream mechanism</a> is <a href="/facts/Pulmonic_egressive/BICa0WA0">pulmonic</a>, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the <a href="/facts/Intercostal_muscle/SFCkv3vD">intercostal muscles</a> and <a href="/facts/Abdominal_muscles/HcTzDFL0">abdominal muscles</a>, as in most sounds.</li></ul> <h2 id="occurrence">Occurrence</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="2">Language</th><th>Word</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">IPA</a></th><th>Meaning</th><th>Notes</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a></td><td>Some <a href="/facts/American_English/sdAfgPgM">American</a> speakers<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></td><td><a href="/facts/English_orthography/1Exe2W6G"><i>wool</i></a></td><td>[wʊʟ̠]</td><td>'wool'</td><td>May be <a href="/facts/Velar_lateral_approximant/ruLxvhGB">velar</a> or simply <a href="/facts/Alveolar_lateral_approximant/dgbHhqeK">alveolar</a> instead.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> See <a href="/facts/English_phonology/awcxPhHL">English phonology</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul><li>Cruttenden, Alan (2014), <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=M2nMAgAAQBAJ"><i>Gimson's Pronunciation of English</i></a> (8th ed.), Routledge, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9781444183092</li> <li><a href="/facts/Peter_Ladefoged/GPHjbHmP">Ladefoged, Peter</a>; <a href="/facts/Ian_Maddieson/p0cyavQ2">Maddieson, Ian</a> (1996). <a href="/facts/The_Sounds_of_the_World%27s_Languages/Je2AlBAP"><i>The Sounds of the World's Languages</i></a>. Oxford: Blackwell. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-631-19815-6.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Ladefoged & Maddieson (1996), p. 191. - Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Cruttenden (2014), p. 221. - Cruttenden, Alan (2014), Gimson's Pronunciation of English (8th ed.), Routledge, ISBN 9781444183092 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=M2nMAgAAQBAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=M2nMAgAAQBAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Cruttenden (2014), p. 221. - Cruttenden, Alan (2014), Gimson's Pronunciation of English (8th ed.), Routledge, ISBN 9781444183092 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=M2nMAgAAQBAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=M2nMAgAAQBAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>