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[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

B F M P V

Edit: sorry, i was counting the ones where one lip and teeth touch as well. B M P

[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

B, P are bilabial plosives. M is a bilabial fricative. F, V are labio-dental fricatives i.e. teeth and one lip.

[-] Taniwha420@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Here's my man with the real goods. Linguistically these categories explain so many 'weird' spelling shifts between cognates.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago

bilabial plosives

Sounds like someone's gonna explode a vulva.

[-] aew360@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

How do you pronounce F? Effffpppppthhh?

[-] juliebean@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

you forgot 'W'

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