Labial–alveolar consonant

Labial–alveolar consonants are doubly articulated consonants that are co-articulated at the lips and the front part of the tongue against the alveolar ridge or the alveolar ridge and the teeth. They are only attested in Yele, an unclassified language of Rossel Island, Papua New Guinea.[1][2][3]

Types

Several labial–alveolar consonants are attested in Yele, where the alveolar contact is more precisely denti-alveolar: a voiceless plosive /t̪͡p/, a nasal /n̪͡m/, and prenasalized /n̪͡md̪͡b/ (also analyzed as /n̪͡mt̪͡p/ but phonetically voiced), of which /t̪͡pʲ/ and /n̪͡md̪͡bʲ/ may also occur palatalized.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Levinson, Stephen C. (23 May 2022). A Grammar of Yélî Dnye: The Papuan Language of Rossel Island. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110733853. ISBN 978-3-11-073385-3. S2CID 249083265. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/160609178.pdf
  3. ^ a b Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
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