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
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lateral consonant
Summary
lateral consonant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- lateral consonant's GND ID is recorded as 4180775-3[2].
- lateral consonant's subclass of is recorded as consonant[3].
- lateral consonant's opposite of is recorded as central consonant[4].
- lateral consonant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04qvj[5].
- lateral consonant's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lateral consonants[6].
- lateral consonant's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
- lateral consonant's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01121975n[8].
- lateral consonant's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as lateral[9].
- lateral consonant's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780296926[10].
- lateral consonant's KBpedia ID is recorded as LateralDirection[11].
Why It Matters
lateral consonant ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]