Labiodental

/lˌeɪbɪəʊdˈɛntəl/

/lˌeɪbɪoʊdˈɛntəl/

[noun]

Labiodental

[NOUN]

(phonetics) a consonant that is uttered using the lips and teeth

synonyms : labiodental consonant

Examples

1. Sure enough, they found a lot of labiodentals where bilabials had once been.

2. He noticed that the languages of modern hunter-gatherer societies lacked labiodentals.

3. Because a lot of language changes happen by accident, they figured that labiodentals would end up replacing sounds that require a similar mouth position.

4. Next, they created a statistical model that showed that modern hunter-gatherer societies only had about 27% as many labiodentals in their languages as agricultural societies.