adjective
- relating to or denoting a speech sound produced with simultaneous articulation at the lips and the soft palate
Usage: phonetics
Examples
- The labiovelar consonant /kʷ/ occurs in many languages.
- Ancient Greek had labiovelar stops that were later simplified.
- Linguists study labiovelar sounds in comparative phonology.
- The labiovelar series was reconstructed for Proto-Indo-European.
- Some African languages preserve labiovelar consonants today.