Labial–velar consonant

Labial–velar consonants are <a href="/facts/Doubly_articulated_consonant/oJCQVSyg">doubly articulated</a> at the <a href="/facts/Soft_palate/NTlaJCkF">velum</a> and the <a href="/facts/Lip/cUlpthmx">lips</a>, such as [k͡p]. They are sometimes called "labiovelar consonants", a term that can also refer to <a href="/facts/Labialization/gxgAWAQI">labialized</a> velars, such as the <a href="/facts/Stop_consonant/okC9pztc">stop consonant</a> [kʷ] and the <a href="/facts/Approximant/SXrlw7zY">approximant</a> [w].
Labial-velars are often written as <a href="/facts/Digraph_(orthography)/wp3UgEyU">digraphs</a>. In the <a href="/facts/K%C3%A2te_language/Aj9Qvtbt">Kâte language</a>, however, /k͡p/ is written Q q, and /ɡ͡b/ as <a href="/facts/%C9%8A/3x6B7oLx">Ɋ</a> ɋ.
Globally, these types of consonants are quite rare, only existing in two regions: West and Central Africa on the one hand, Eastern New Guinea and northern Vanuatu on the other. There are 2 other isolated cases, allophonically in Vietnamese and in the Adu dialect of Nuosu (Yi).

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Labial–velar consonant