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Voiced retroflex lateral approximant
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<p>The voiced retroflex lateral approximant is a type of <a href="/facts/Consonant/81X2SGS6">consonantal</a> sound used in some <a href="/facts/Speech/WEelhfTs">spoken</a> <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">languages</a>. The symbol in the <a href="/facts/International_Phonetic_Alphabet/2e7jmUaG">International Phonetic Alphabet</a> that represents this sound is ⟨ɭ ⟩, and the equivalent <a href="/facts/X-SAMPA/LEkkVBgw">X-SAMPA</a> symbol is l`. </p><p>The retroflex lateral approximant contrasts phonemically with its <a href="/facts/Voiceless_retroflex_lateral_approximant/vNpDdemW">voiceless counterpart</a> /ɭ̊ / in <a href="/facts/Iaai_language/DbbtsDop">Iaai</a> and <a href="/facts/Toda_language/LfCw5auo">Toda</a>. In both of these languages it also contrasts with more anterior /<a href="/facts/Voiceless_alveolar_lateral_approximant/Vzem3juJ">l̥</a>, <a href="/facts/Voiced_alveolar_lateral_approximant/dgbHhqeK">l</a>/, which are dental in Iaai and alveolar in Toda. </p>