From: "Christopher B Wright" <faceloran@...>
> IPA and X-SAMPA don't give any values for labiodental plosives.
I have seen Greek pi used for a voiceless labiodental plosive when one was
wanted.
> However,
> they (the l.d.p.'s) would seem to be pronounceable. Since they don't have
> special values, should I conclude that they just don't sound different
> than their bilabial equivalents?
I think they sound different. Humans are pretty well at distinguishing all
sorts of odd sounds anyway. (*How* many different kinds of clicks are there in
!Xu~?)
*Muke!
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