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Labialization

Labialization meaning

A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation.

Example sentences (4)

In Moroccan Arabic, on the other hand, short /u/ triggers labialization of nearby consonants (especially velar consonants and uvular consonants ), and then short /a i u/ all merge into /ǝ/, which is deleted in many contexts.

In the case of u-umlaut, this entails labialization of unrounded vowels.

See Tillamook language for an example of a languages with "rounded" consonants and vowels that do not have any actual labialization.

Similarly, a deleted /u/ may prompt labialization of a preceding consonant, though this has ceased to carry any morphological meaning.