Syllabic Consonant:

Its a consonant which functions

like a vowel that it can be the
nucleus of a syllable. In this case,
either l, r or a nasal stands as
the peak of the syllable instead of
the vowel and they are considered
as weak syllables.
Examples:
/nn / button
/ln/
muddle

Syllabic / ll/
Its perhaps the most noticeable
example of English, although it
would be wrong to find it in all
accents. It comes from another
consonant, and it depends to
some extent on the nature of that
consonant.
If
the
preceding
consonant is alveolar, as in:
Battle /btln/ Wrestle /resln/, with

We also find syllabic / ll/ at the

end
with
one
or
more
consonants followed by al or
el
For examples:
Panel /pnll/
Parcel /pa:sll/
Papal /peipll/
Ducal /dju:kll/

Syllabic / nl /
Its the most common after
alveolar, plosives and fricatives as
in the case of /t/ and /d/ followed
by /n/ the plosive is nasally
released, e.g., the word beaten
/bi:tnl /, the tongue doesnt move in
the tnl
PS. Syllabic nl doesnt come after

Syllabic / nl / it isnt widespread after

non-alveolar consonants. For example,
the
syllable
following
a
velar
consonant is spelt an or on in
toboggan, wagon.
After bilabial consonants in words like
happen,
happiness,
happening,
ribbon, Its acceptable to pronounce
them with syllabic nl
After /f/ or /v/, syllabic nl is more
common than n as in seven, heaven,

Syllabic / rl / occurs in words like:

History /histrl /
Hungry /hgrl i/