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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

B F M P V

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

bilabial plosives

Sounds like someone's gonna explode a vulva.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

How do you pronounce F? Effffpppppthhh?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

you forgot 'W'