Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative

Voiceless retroflex lateral fricative
ɭ̊˔
Audio sample
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Encoding
Entity (decimal)ꞎ
Unicode (hex)U+A78E
X-SAMPAK`
Voiceless retroflex lateral approximant
ɭ̊
IPA number156 402A
Encoding
X-SAMPAl`_0

A voiceless retroflex lateral fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The 'implicit' IPA letter for this sound, ⟨ꞎ ⟩, is overtly supported by the extIPA. In traditional IPA, it can be transcribed ⟨ɭ̝̊⟩ or dated ⟨ɭ̊˔⟩.

A voiceless retroflex lateral approximant is transcribed in IPA as ⟨ɭ̊ ⟩.