Re: is a labiodental stop possible?

Joe Hill <joe@...> writes:

> Yeah, I've gotten the hang of it now.  in the orthography it's spelt {fp}.
>
> My language distinguishes between {p} and {fp}, as well as a dental stop,
> and an aleovelar stop ({tt} and {t})
Why not complicate the matter further and also have a
linguolabial stop? I have it in one of my old languages
(Shkanshej), and it sounds very funny, even if it's
difficult to contrast with the bilabials. For example,
the unvoiced stop {pv} is pronounced by placing the
tip of your tongue over the lower part of the upper
lip (you have to stick it out a bit). There's also a
voiced version {bv} and an aproximant {wv}. I had a
trill too, but I spat all over my monitor everytime
I tried to pronounce it. :)


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