Lateral consonant
l-like consonant in which the airstream proceeds along the sides of the tongue, but it is blocked by the tongue from going through the middle of the mouth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A lateral consonant is a sound where air flows out of the side of the mouth. English has one lateral, [l]. Languages have been found with lateral approximants, fricatives, affricates and flaps. Lateral trills are possible but no language has one.
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