labialization
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labialization
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From labialize + -ation or labial + -ization.
noun labializations · labialisation
- A secondary articulatory feature of usually consonants that involves the contraction or rounding of the lips (labia) during pronunciation. These labialized stops are of course nothing but positionally determined allophones of the [t] and the [k] phoneme, and their labialization is non-distinctive
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noun secondary articulatory feature
| Español | labialización |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 唇音化 |
| Português | labialização |
| Français | labialisation |
| Deutsch | Labialisierung |
| Italiano | labializzazione |
| Русский | лабиализа́ция labializácija |
| Tiếng Việt | môi hoá |
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