Linguolabial consonant

Linguolabials are consonants articulated by putting the tongue tip or tongue blade against the upper lip. They represent one extreme of an articulatory continuum which extends from linguolabial place to retracted apical alveolar or even sublaminal retroflex places of articulation. Cross-linguistically, consonants produced at the linguolabial place of articulation are very rare, even though they do not represent a particularly exotic combination of articulatory configurations, unlike click consonants or ejectives. Linguolabial consonants are found in some Oceanic languages.

The linguolabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA	Description	Example
IPA	Description	Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
Missing image IPA-voiceless_linguolabial_plosive.png image:IPA-voiceless_linguolabial_plosive.png	voiceless linguolabial plosive
Missing image IPA-voiced_linguolabial_plosive.png image:IPA-voiced linguolabial plosive.png	voiced linguolabial plosive
Missing image IPA-linguolabial_nasal.png image:IPA-linguolabial nasal.png	linguolabial nasal
Missing image IPA-linguolabial_trill.png image:IPA-linguolabial trill.png	linguolabial trill
Missing image IPA-voiceless_linguolabial_fricative.png image:IPA-voiceless linguolabial fricative.png	voiceless linguolabial fricative
Missing image IPA-voiced_linguolabial_fricative.png image:IPA-voiced linguolabial fricative.png	voiced linguolabial fricative

See also