Assertion: consonant | /r/HasProperty | labialized
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Source sentences:
text: Note that when ⟨w⟩ appears as part of a syllable onset this actually indicates that the consonant is labialized.
text: The consonant is labialized and the transition from the labialized syllable onset to the nucleus vowel sounds like a bilabial semivowel (or, alternatively, like a diphthong).
text: Almost all consonants may be labialized (indicated in the orthography by following the symbol with ⟨w⟩), the exceptions being labial stops and fricatives (which become palatalized), the bilabial and palatal nasals (which become velarized), and the voiced alveolar [d] allophone of /l/ (which would become alveolarized instead).