Re: Labial zones (and some info on my lang)

Though of languages which have only one bilabial, it's often "b"
rather than "p" -- e.g. Arabic) (unlike other places of articulation
where the unvoiced is more common -- t rather than d and so on).


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Boudewijn Rempt wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Daniel Seriff wrote:
>
> > First the question: Are there any natlangs that do not have sounds in
> > the bilabial and labiodental zones? I'm trying to make my language's
> > phonology less English-like (and more interesting in the process).
> >
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> I very much doubt it - I've never heard of any natlang that didn't
> have a /p/ (or a /b/).
>
> Boudewijn Rempt  | http://denden.conlang.org/~bsarempt
>