L-vocalization refers to the process in which the lateral approximant becomes a vowel. In English this occurs with syllable-final velarized lateral approximants. Though L-vocalization is not considered standard in English pronunciation, it occurs in a number of dialects.
L-vocalization is a feature of Cockney, Estuary English, New Zealand English, Australian English, New York English, Pittsburgh English and Philadelphia English. It is more common in New Zealand English than in Australian. It is also common in the English of African-Americans. Dialects which lack the velarized lateral lateral such as Irish English and Jamaican English also lack L-vocalization.
Speakers with L-vocalization replace the lateral with the high back or mid back vowel. The phonological process of L-vocalization is not restricted to English. It is common in Brazilian Portuguese as well as in dialects of German and Dutch.
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