Lateral (definition)

From Scottish Gaelic Grammar Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search

Lateral sounds are made by positioning the tongue so that air travels along one or both sides of the tongue. These are the [l]-like sounds. English has one lateral sound [l]. Depending upon the dialect, Gaelic has at least 3 lateral sounds: [l, L, l'].

See Also

External Links

The link below takes you away from the Gaelic Wiki to Wikipedia. Since wikipedia pages can be edited by anyone, they often contain inaccurate information. So be careful!

References

  • Ladefoged, D. (2010) A Course in Phonetics. 6th Edition. Wadsworth Publishing.
  • Lamb, William (2003) Scottish Gaelic. 2nd edition. Munich: Lingcom Europa