• [w] refers to a labial–velar approximant. In phonology, labialization may also refer to a type of assimilation process. Labialization is the most widespread...
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  • Look up labial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The term labial originates from Labium (Latin for "lip"), and is the adjective that describes anything...
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  • not have any actual labialization. All of these languages have seen labials introduced under the influence of English. Labialization Index of phonetics...
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  • palatalized consonants plus labialization, ⟨ʷ⟩, as with the [sʲʷ] = [sᶣ] of Abkhaz or the [nʲʷ] = [nᶣ] of Akan. A voiced labialized palatal approximant [ɥ]...
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  • labialized voiceless velar plosive [kʷ] and labialized voiced velar plosive [ɡʷ], obstruents being common among the sounds that undergo labialization...
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  • the 'less rounded' diacritic under the labialization diacritic, ⟨xʷ̜⟩, makes it clear that it is the labialization that is 'less rounded' than its cardinal...
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    The voiced labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the...
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  • A labial fricative is a fricative consonant, whose articulation involves the lips. Several kinds can be distinguished based on whether the articulation...
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    are known for their lack of plain labial consonant and have instead two series, palatalized and labio-velarized labials, similar to the related New Caledonian...
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  • as is its overlap with rhotacism; see § R-labialization below) In most British dialects /r/ is labialized [ɹ̠ʷ] in many positions, as in reed [ɹ̠ʷiːd]...
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    Bilabial click (redirect from Labial click)
    from labialization of other places of articulation. Starostin (2003) notes that the ǂ’Amkoe words for 'one' and 'two', /ʘ̃ũ/ and /ʘoa/, have labial clicks...
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  • The labial scales are the scales of snakes and other scaled reptiles that border the mouth opening. These do not include the median scales on the upper...
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  • Labial fusion is a medical condition of the vulva where the labia minora become fused together. It is generally a pediatric condition. Labial fusion is...
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  • Roundedness (category Labial consonants)
    consonantal labialization. Thus, rounded vowels and labialized consonants affect one another by phonetic assimilation: Rounded vowels labialize consonants...
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  • Bilabial consonant (redirect from Bi-labial)
    § Brackets and transcription delimiters. In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips. Bilabial consonants are very common...
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    variable degree. The labia majora are thicker in front, and form the anterior labial commissure where they meet below the mons pubis. Posteriorly, they are not...
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  • W indicates either simultaneous velarization and labialization, as in ⟨sʷ⟩ or ⟨pʷ⟩, or labialization of a velar consonant, as in ⟨kʷ⟩. Although electropalatographic...
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    The labial glands are minor salivary glands situated between the mucous membrane and the orbicularis oris around the orifice of the mouth. They are circular...
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  • The labial thermistor clip is a device used measure the skin temperature of the labia minora and is associated blood engorgement. This device consists...
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  • distinction disappears with the approximant consonant [w] since labialization involves adding of a labial approximant articulation to a sound, and this ambiguous...
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    distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, an old diacritic for labialization, ⟨  ̫⟩, will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for the protruded palatal...
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    The superior labial branches (labial branches), the largest and most numerous, descend behind the quadratus labii superioris, and are distributed to the...
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    worn inserted through pierced labia, the weight can result in labial asymmetry or labial hypertrophy. Body piercing Labia stretching Popular Culture Association...
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  • Labial–retroflex consonants are doubly articulated consonants that are co-articulated at the lips and with the front part or underside of the tongue against...
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    A labial frenectomy is a frenectomy performed on the lip. The labial frenulum, also known as lip-tie, often attaches to the center of the upper lip and...
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  • In reptiles, the sublabial scales, also called lower-labials or infralabials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the lower jaw. They...
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  • Labial nerves can refer: Posterior labial nerves, branches of the pudendal nerve Anterior labial nerves, branches of the ilioinguinal nerve Superior labial...
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  • upper-labials, are those scales that border the mouth opening along the upper jaw. They do not include the median scale (rostral scale). The term labial originates...
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    P
    loanwords from Greek. In German, the digraph ⟨pf⟩ is common, representing a labial affricate /pf/. Most English words beginning with ⟨p⟩ are of foreign origin...
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    from the first lumbar nerve and gives branches that include the anterior labial nerves, which supply the skin of the mons pubis and the labia majora. The...
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