Palatal lateral approximant
The voiced palatal lateral approximant ( a voiced, lateral, formed the hard palate approximate volume ) has the following in different languages phonetic and orthographic realizations:
- Spanish [ ʎ ]: corresponds to the digraph ll and silbenauslautendem l before a palatal consonant. In many varieties with [ ʝ ] collapsed (see yeismo ). Example: lluvia [ ʎuβja ]
- Example: bacalhau [ bɐkɐʎaw ]