Retroflex lateral flap

The Iwaidja language of Australia has both alveolar and retroflex Retroflex consonant

In phonetics [i], retroflex consonants are consonant [i] sounds used in some language [i]s. ... 

 lateral flaps, and perhaps a palatal Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonant [i]s articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate [i] ... 

 lateral flap as well. These contrast with lateral approximant Lateral consonant

Laterals are "L"-like consonant [i]s pronounced with an occlusion made somewhere along the axis of the t ... 

s at the same positions, as well as a central retroflex flap , alveolar trill , and alveolar approximant . In the Tamil language Tamil language

Tamil is a classical language [i] and one of the major language [i]s of the Dravidian language [i] ... 

 the retroflex lateral approximant is often realized as a flap, but this is not contrastive. The symbol for the alveolar lateral flap is combined with the tail of the retroflex consonants to create the ad hoc symbol for the retroflex lateral flap, .

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The Iwaidja language of Australia has both alveolar and retroflex Retroflex consonant

In phonetics [i], retroflex consonants are consonant [i] sounds used in some language [i]s. ... 

 lateral flaps, and perhaps a palatal Palatal consonant

Palatal consonants are consonant [i]s articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate [i] ... 

 lateral flap as well. These contrast with lateral approximant Lateral consonant

Laterals are "L"-like consonant [i]s pronounced with an occlusion made somewhere along the axis of the t ... 

s at the same positions, as well as a central retroflex flap , alveolar trill , and alveolar approximant .

In the Tamil language Tamil language

Tamil is a classical language [i] and one of the major language [i]s of the Dravidian language [i] ... 

 the retroflex lateral approximant is often realized as a flap, but this is not contrastive.

The symbol for the alveolar lateral flap is combined with the tail of the retroflex consonants to create the ad hoc symbol for the retroflex lateral flap, . While this is the expected symbol, it is not officially recognized by the IPA. In addition, now that font-editing software has become accessible, dedicated glyphs are sometimes created for such sounds, such as:

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