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Main sound category: Lateral approximants
Sound category: voiced alveolar lateral approximant
IPA symbol: l
Sounds in category: *lʲ *lˠ *lˁ *l̰ *l̤ *l lʲ lˠ lˁ l̃ l̰ l lː lˁː
Occurs in 525 languages
That is in 106.71% of all languages
Occurs in: Saami Ket Lai Selkup Paiwan Nenets Ket Yakut Yukaghir Khmer Georgian Shilha Tsou Sedang Shuswap Wappo Haida Yuchi Socotri Newari Hindi-urdu Parauk Turkish Saami Mari Even Koryak Nanai Monguor Nganasan Changzhou Rutul Mien Jingpho Lai Newari Chuvash Nyah kur Lak Azerbaijani Ormuri Taishan Sedang Khalkha Brao Selkup Khmu? Dagur Moghol Komi Atayal Avar Sama Kurdish Sui Archi Kharia Yukaghir Kurukh Hindi-urdu Parauk Fuzhou Kaliai Hawaiian Bruu Lakkia Yay Basque Hakka Po-ai Malagasy Burmese Burushaski Lungchow Khanty Batak Javanese Tetun Nenets Lahu Gelao Zuni Yana Mixtec Itonama Bella coola Island carib Quechua Mazatec Aleut Shuswap Paya Wappo Axluxlay Eyak Chatino Wiyot Highland chinantec Upper chehalis Cuna Haida Kawaiisu Mazahua Ojibwa Dakota Huave Navajo Pomo Picuris Alabama Yuchi Bakairi Iranxe Chipewyan Iate Tarascan Tlapanec Tol Yupik Kunimaipa Ogbia Dizi Dogon Ewe Ik Dahalo Amharic Socotri Igbo Beja Doayo Shilha Noni Woisika Andamanese Mursi Nera Kefa Ndut Sebei Berta Waris West makian Gugu-yalanji Awiya Nambakaengo Mbabaram Dagbani Kullo Nubian Senadi Mba-ne Tarok Taoripi Dani Lithuanian Kam Irish Amuesha Ukrainian Irish Albanian Albanian_ Catalan (Central) Kurdish Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Konyagi Tiddim chin Kwakw'ala Klamath Nez perce Tsimshian Thai Spanish (Castilian) Chamorro Hmong Kota Tiruray Lithuanian Konkani Bodo Karen Iban Nepali Uzbek Tiddim chin Kashmiri Lenakel Pacoh Fijian Tagalog Phlong Kirghiz German Koya Ivatan Farsi Korean Sa'ban Bashkir Kwaio Cham Kam Maranao Telugu Nivkh Albanian Breton Naxi Rukai Itelmen Sre Nicobarese Brahui Lue Bengali_Calcutta Bats Ao Sinhalese Guambiano Camsa Kwakw'ala Cayapa Guahibo Klamath Diegueno Cacua Achumawi Nahuatl Moxo Huasteco Cherokee Saliba Maidu Nez perce Tsimshian Totonac K'ekchi Jebero Sierra miwok Zoque Jaqaru Jacaltec Amuzgo Movima Quileute Mapudungu Yaqui Tunica Hupa Qawasqar Yucatec Nunggubuyu Yolngu Isoko Kunama Alawa Ngarinjin Kadugli Fur Hausa Kotoko Hamer Moro Teke Tabi Wik-munkan Nyangi Maasai Lelemi Mumuye Songhai Baining Dan Angas Zulu Kanuri Yessan-mayo Yanyuwa Yidiny Aghem Tiwi Diyari Temne Temein Savosavo Bandjalang Bete Arrernte Tigre Nyimang Kpelle Mbum Malakmalak Bisa Kala lagaw ya Sandawe Sango Mambila Burarra Garawa Kanakuru Murinhpatha Koma Vanimo Lua Beembe Tampulma Alladian Hadza Ngiyambaa Lame Konyagi Maung Ngizim Luo Ga Neo-aramaic Western desert Amele Daju Bambara Kalkatungu Jomang Kera Bardi Gwari Tera Birom Iraqw Gbeya Ewondo Tama Dinka Amo Dyirbal Bobo-fing Margi Aizi Waray Maba Yoruba Diola Kolokuma ijo Bariba Selepet Somali Tamil English_American English NepaliOH Abipon JKDutch ThaiCO JKGerman Testing Swedish Norwegian_Malm Norwegian_Bergen Norwegian_Elverum Norwegian_Oslo Norwegian_Sandnessjøen Norwegian_Stavanger Norwegian_Tromsø Norwegian_Trondheim Albanian_ Azerbaijani_ Berber_ Bosnian_ Cebuano_ Czech_ Fante_ Hindi_ Icelandic_ Swahili Kurmanji_ Latvian_ Luxembourgish_ Mandarin_ Oromo_ Polish_ Somali_ Spanish_ Swahili_ Thai_ Tigrinya_ English_Australian Polish Filipino Dutch Persian Pite Saami Hebrew Estonian_ Slovak Chistabino (Pyrenean Aragonese) Portuguese (Brasilian) Italian_UPSID Sorani Norwegian Katu Kven Danish Cantonese Mandarin Aari Abidji Abishira Abkhaz Serbian Croatian Italian Dari_Afghanistan Bengali_PW Bengali_Bangladesh Urdu_Pakistan Ukrainian Arabic_Moroccan_LAPSyD Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan Urdu_Ohala Tigrinya Dari South Sami Pite Saami Slovak Kven Italian Arabic_Moroccan_JK Arabic_Moroccan_JK