bilabial in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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Generally, it is realized as close when following bilabial consonants.
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Similarly, is labiodental whereas the other labials are bilabial.
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In careful speech, the bilabial and dental articulations are preserved.
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To pronounce these, one must attempt to say the velar consonants, but then close their lips for the bilabial component, and then release the lips.
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The bilabial trill, which can be spelled "mb" or "br," only occurs before /u/, and sounds like p in other environments.
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It differs from a true labiodental affricate in that it starts out bilabial but then the lower lip retracts slightly for the frication.
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The letters and were still distinct; still represented a stop consonant in all positions, while was pronounced as a voiced bilabial or labiodental fricative.
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In additional to these consonants, the northern dialect has a bilabial f.
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This may be relevant to speech, as the mentalis muscle contributes to moving the lower lip and is used to articulate a bilabial click.
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The dental, lateral, and bilabial clicks are rarely confused.
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