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Re: Strange phonology

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 9, 1999, 3:36
FFlores wrote:
> 4) I just produced a sound more or less like the > one a child might produce when he sticks out the > tip of his tongue between his teeth, and blows. > I found in this way you can produce a trill > (makes your lower lip shake) or an approximant > (air going between the tongue and the lower lip), > though I don't know if they exist in any language, > or how to call them. What do you think?
I know of no language with those sounds, but I guess you'd call them a "linguolabial" sound.