Phoneme: dl

IPA: [tł]

dl [tł]: voiceless unaspirated lateral affricate


Word: diidlid [tiːtɬɪt] “we’re (2+) burning it"

Description: The voiceless unaspirated lateral affricate dl [tɬ] is in stem initial position, intervocalic preceded by a verbal prefix in the 1st person dual. Note that the first part of lateral fricative [ɬ] begins at the very first release and then it turns into a lateral approximant [l], which is voiced.