Re: Labiodental plosives?

Tristan McLeay wrote:

> --- Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> wrote: >
>Merhaba!
>
>
>>Is there such a thing as a labiodental plosive? If
>>so, how would it be
>>pronounced? What languages have it?
>>
>>
>
>My upper lip is a bit on the short side so I sometimes
>use a labiodental plosive instead of /p/ and /b/ when
>speaking English, but I have no idea if it has any
>phonemic status in a language (I can't hear the diff
>b/n the labial stops). Upper teeth on lower lip. Say a
>stop.
>
>
It's very hard to pronounce an unaspirated labiodental plosive, and it
hurts a little, but I've included a whole labiodental series in Kalon.
I don't know if such a thing exists in any Natlangs.

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