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- :Jitter:
- :Juncture:
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L
- :L%:
- :L*:
- :L:
- :Labial-palatal:
- :Labial-velar:
- :Labial:
- :Labialisation:
- :Labiodental:
- :Labiovelar:
- :Laminal:
- :Laryngograph:
- :Larynx:
- :Lateral approach:
- :Lateral release:
- :Lateral:
- :Lax:
- :Leading tone:
- :Lect:
- :Lenis:
- :Lenition:
- :Lexical incidence:
- :Lexical item:
- :Lexical phonology:
- :Lexical rule:
- :Lexical stress:
- :Lexical tone:
- :Liaison:
- :Lingual:
- :Linguolabial:
- :Linking r:
- :Lip reading:
- :Liquid:
- :Location:
- :Locus:
- :Logogram:
- :Loudness:
- :Low fall:
- :Low rise:
- :Low:
- :Lowering:
- :Lx:
- :Lyman’s law:
- :Lˉ:
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U
- :U:
- :Umlaut:
- :Unary feature:
- :Underlying form:
- :Upspeak:
- :Uptalk:
- :Urú:
- :Uvula:
- :Uvular:
- Upstep
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- :Yod:
- :Yorkshire assimilation:
Z
- :Zero crossing:
- :Zero:
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:Back:

The name of a binary feature. [+back] sounds involve retraction of the body of the tongue and include back vowels such as u o ɔ and consonants such as velars and uvulars.

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