labiovelar
/ˌleɪbioʊˈvilər/
adjective
- Relating to a speech sound made with both the lips and the back of the tongue near the soft palate.
- He explained how labiovelar articulation involves two places of constriction.
- Linguists study labiovelar sounds in languages like Japanese.
- The 'w' sound in 'water' is a labiovelar approximant.
noun
- A speech sound produced with simultaneous lip rounding and velar closure.
- Some languages have labiovelar stops, like /kp/ and /gb/.
- English has one common labiovelar: the 'w' sound.
- The student identified the labiovelar in the word 'quick'.