Feature 8A: Lateral Consonants

by Ian Maddieson

This feature is discussed in chapter 8.

Values

No laterals (95 languages)
/l/, no obstruent laterals (388 languages)
Laterals, but no /l/, no obstruent laterals (29 languages)
/l/ and lateral obstruent (47 languages)
No /l/, but lateral obstruents (8 languages)
  total: 567