Phoneme: ł

IPA: [ɬ]

ł [ɬ]: voiceless lateral fricative


Word: yiłid [jɪɬɪt] “he’s burning it"

Description: The voiceless lateral fricative ł [ɬ] is in stem initial position, preceded by the third-person, singular ‘indirect’ yi [jɪ] of the ø-conjugation. Note that it is voiceless although it is located between two vowels.