Re: Bilabial / labiodental distinction

David Peterson scripsit:

>     There are languages that distinguish voiced/unvoiced fricatives at the
> labio-dental and bilabial position.  I see no reason why it would be any more
> difficult to distinguish stops.  I've heard that there are labio-dental stops
> in a few natlangs out there, but I've never seen examples.  There so few that
> there was no need to create a symbol.
My sense is that it would be hard to distinguish labiodental stops
from the corresponding labiodental fricatives.

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