Palatal lateral ejective affricate

The palatal lateral ejective affricate is a rare type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨c͜𝼆ʼ⟩ (extIPA; strict IPA: ⟨c͜ʎ̝̊ʼ⟩).

It is a rare sound, found in Dahalo, a Cushitic language of Kenya, and in Hadza, a language isolate of Tanzania. In Dahalo, contrasts with alveolar, and in Hadza it contrasts with velar Velar lateral ejective affricate, an allophone of.

Features
Features of the palatal lateral ejective affricate:

Occurrence
The Hadza sound has been transcribed as, but alveolar contact of the tongue is variable and not distinctive.