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la plupart des latérales sont des spirantes, mais d'autres sont aussi des fricatives.
the most common laterals are approximants and belong to the class of liquids, though lateral fricatives and affricates are common in some parts of the world.
on notera toutefois que la distinction entre fricatives et spirantes ne s'applique pas à ce point d'articulation.
the ipa symbol itself is ambiguous, but no language is known to make a phonemic distinction between fricatives and approximants at this place of articulation.