Barred lambda

The barred lambda (ƛ, Unicode point U+019B, also called running man[1]) is a modified letter of the Greek alphabet used in Americanist phonetic notation to transcribe [t͡ɬ]. It was introduced in American Anthropologist in 1934:

“ λ for [dl] has been used in Eskimo by Jenness ... ƛ for [tł] is an innovation formed from λ as ł from l.[2] ”

It is also commonly used to represent this phoneme in several languages of the Caucasus.

References

  1. ^ [1] (strictly speaking, this refers to the glottalized version, ƛʼ [t͡ɬʼ])
  2. ^ Herzog, George; Newman, Stanley S.; Sapir, Edward; Swadesh, Mary Haas; Swadesh, Morris; Voegelin, Charles F. (Oct.-Dec. 1934). "Some orthographic recommendations". American Anthropologist 36 (4): 629–631. doi:10.1525/aa.1934.36.4.02a00300. 
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
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