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    9 months ago

    B F M P V

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

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      9 months ago

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

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        bilabial plosives

        Sounds like someone’s gonna explode a vulva.

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