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Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative
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<p>The voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of <a href="/facts/Consonant/81X2SGS6">consonantal</a> sound, used in some <a href="/facts/Speech_communication/WEelhfTs">spoken</a> <a href="/facts/Language/IRcTok2q">languages</a>. The 'implicit' <a href="/facts/International_phonetic_alphabet/2e7jmUaG">IPA</a> letter for this sound, ⟨ꞎ⟩, is overtly supported by the <a href="/facts/ExtIPA/LDcj1gPx">extIPA</a>. </p><p>Some scholars[<i>who?</i>] posit a voiceless retroflex lateral approximant distinct from the fricative. The approximant may be represented in the IPA as ⟨ɭ̊ ⟩. </p>