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A consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth.

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  • By that time, Olson apparently was still convinced that this phoneme wasn't a labio-dental flap: The bilabial flap is a sound very similar to what is elsewhere called the...
  • An alternation between a bilabial and labiodental sound is comparatively less economic.
  • We're probably looking here at the beginning of Olson's preoccupation with the labiodental flap.
  • ” After review of Dr Olson's proposal for the addition of the labiodental flap symbol, the IPA Council voted in favor of the addition.
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