Palatal lateral ejective affricate
The palatal lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is.
It is a rare sound, found in Dahalo, a Cushitic language of Kenya, and in Hadza, a language isolate of Tanzania. In Dahalo, contrasts with alveolar, and in Hadza it contrasts with velar Velar lateral ejective affricate|, an allophone of.Features
Features of the palatal lateral ejective affricate:Occurrence
The Hadza sound has been transcribed as, but alveolar contact of the tongue is not distinctive.
