labiality
/ˌleɪbiˈæləti/
noun
- The quality or state of being related to the lips, especially in speech sounds.
- The linguist noted the labiality of the vowel in the dialect she was analyzing.
- The labiality of the sound 'p' makes it easy for children to learn.
- In phonetics class, we studied the labiality of consonants like 'b' and 'm'.