# 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

**Wikidata**: [Q223714](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223714)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_consonant)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lateral-consonant


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. BabelNet
3. KBpedia