Voiced alveolar lateral affricate

The voiced alveolar lateral affricate is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨d͡ɮ⟩ (often simplified to ⟨dɮ⟩), and in Americanist phonetic notation it is $⟨λ⟩$ (lambda). It is usually in free variation or an allophone of /ɮ/, /t͡ɬ/ or /l/; no known language contrasts [dɮ] and [ɮ].

Features
Features of the voiced alveolar lateral affricate:

Occurrence
Voiced alveolar lateral affricates are rare. Sandawe has been transcribed with, but the sound is more post-alveolar or palatal than alveolar. Consonants written dl in Athabaskan and Wakashan languages are either tenuis affricates, (perhaps slightly voiced allophonically), or have a lateral release,  or. In Montana Salish, may be prestopped, depending on context, in which case it may be realized as  or as an affricate. In the Nguni languages occurs after nasals:  is pronounced, with an epenthetic stop, in at least Xhosa and Zulu.