Labial–uvular consonants are doubly articulated consonants that occur at two places of articulation, the lips and the uvula. They have been attested in the Mangbutu-Efe languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda of Mamvu, and Lese.[1]

Labial–uvular stops and implosives

One labial–uvular stop is attested, [q͡p], and it is present in the Efe language and it occurs as an allophone as /q͡ɓ/.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Didier Demolin, Bernard Teston (September 1997). "Phonetic characteristics of double articulations in some Mangbutu-Efe languages" (PDF). International Speech Communication Association: 803–806.
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