Labial–uvular consonant explained

Labial–uvular consonants (also labio-uvular consonants) are doubly articulated consonants that occur at two places of articulation, the lips and the uvula. They have been attested in Lese, a Mangbutu-Efe language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Labial–uvular stops

One labial–uvular stop is attested, pronounced as /[q͡p]/, and it is present in the Lese language, occurring as an allophone of pronounced as //q͡ɓ//, which is mostly likely another labial–uvular stop with significant lowering and a strong release. The standard labial–uvular stop is also found in Iha.^{[4] [5]}

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

1. Didier Demolin, Bernard Teston . September 1997 . Phonetic characteristics of double articulations in some Mangbutu-Efe languages . International Speech Communication Association . 803–806.
2. Book: Güldemann, Tom . The Languages and Linguistics of Africa . 2018-09-10 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG . 978-3-11-042175-0 . en.
3. Book: Vorbichler, Anton . Die Phonologie und Morphologie des Balese (Ituri-Urwald, Kongo) . 1965 . J.J. Augustin . de.
4. Book: Al-Gariri, Husam Saeed Salem Al-Gariri . Prenasalized Stops in Iha: an acoustic analysis of allophonic variation . University of Amsterdam . 2022 .
5. Flassy, Don A.L. and Lisidius Animung. 1992. Struktur Bahasa Iha. Jakarta: Pusat Bahasa dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan Nasional.