Linguolabial consonant

Linguolabials or apicolabialsThe term apicolabial is older, but Ladefoged and Maddieson point out that often these sounds are not apical. are consonants articulated by putting the tip of the tongue against the top-side of the lip. The lip then goes to the tongue.

Linguolabial consonants are not seen very often in languages, but they are not very hard to make with your mouth, unlike click consonants or ejectives. Some languages that do have lots of linguolabial consonants are Vanuatu, Bijago, in Umotína and as paralinguistic sounds. They can be sometimes seen in disordered speech.

They can be typed as  to the alveolar consonant or labial consonant that fits it.

 List of consonants 
IPA(two transcriptions)DescriptionExampleLanguageOrthographyIPAMeaninglinguolabial nasalArakim̈ana"laugh"See p.270 of . See also entry m̈ana in Araki-English online dictionary.voiceless linguolabial plosiveTangoap̈ep̈e"butterfly"Ladefoged and Maddieson 1996, p. 19.voiced linguolabial plosiveKajoko dialect of Bijago"stone"Olson et al. 2009, p. 523.voiceless linguolabial fricativeBig Nambas"he is asthmatic"voiced linguolabial fricativeTangoav̈atu"stone"linguolabial trill(uses lower lip)Coatlán Zapotecmimesis for a child's flatulenceRosemary Beam de Azcona, Sound Symbolism. Available at (blowing a raspberry) or linguolabial click release (multiple consonants)Coatlán Zapotecmimesis for eating soup or a pig drinking water

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Category:Consonants