Voiceless palatal lateral approximant

The voiceless palatal lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is $\langle\rangle$, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is L_0.

It is found as a phoneme distinct from the voiced in the Xumi language spoken in China.

Features
Features of the voiceless palatal lateral approximant: