Labial-alveolar consonant
- Labial-alveolar consonant
A labial-alveolar consonant is a consonant produced with two simultaneous places of articulation: At the lips ('labial'; a "p, b," or "m" sound), and at the gums ('alveolar'; a "t, d," or "n" sound).
The Yélî Dnye language of Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea, appears to be unique in having distinct labial-alveolar and labial-postalveolar places of articulation, as illustrated below. The alveolars are fronted, and the post-alveolars only slightly retracted, so it may be best not to consider the latter to be retroflex.
Except for clicks, nearly all other doubly articulated consonants in the world are labial-velars. The labial-alveolars reported from some Chadic languages have upon investigation turned out to be /tp/ and /db/ sequences, not single consonants.
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