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The voiced alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents dental, alveolar, and postalveolar lateral approximants is ⟨l⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is l.

As a sonorant, lateral approximants are nearly always voiced. Voiceless lateral approximants, Lua error in မဝ်ဂျူ:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/l̥/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. are common in Sino-Tibetan languages, but uncommon elsewhere. In such cases, voicing typically starts about halfway through the hold of the consonant. No language is known to contrast such a sound with a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative Lua error in မဝ်ဂျူ:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "[ɬ]" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E...