labiovelars
/ˌleɪbioʊˈvilərz/
noun
- Speech sounds made by bringing the lips together and raising the back of the tongue toward the soft palate, such as /w/ in English.
- Linguistics students practiced identifying labiovelars in different languages.
- The English /w/ is a common labiovelar found in words like 'water' and 'wind'.
- Some languages have more labiovelars than English, including sounds not found in English.