Editing Labial–velar consonant (section)

{{Short description|Consonant that is doubly articulated at the soft palate and the lips}}
{{distinguish|Labialized velar consonant}}
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'''Labial–velar consonants''' are [[Doubly articulated consonant|doubly articulated]] at the [[Soft palate|velum]] and the [[lip]]s, such as {{IPA|[k͡p]}}. They are sometimes called "labiovelar consonants", a term that can also refer to [[labialization|labialized]] velars, such as the [[stop consonant]] {{IPA|[kʷ]}} and the [[approximant]] {{IPA|[w]}}.

Labial-velars are often written as [[Digraph (orthography)|digraphs]]. In the [[Kâte language]], however, {{IPA|/k͡p/}} is written Q q, and {{IPA|/ɡ͡b/}} as [[Ɋ]] 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<ref>{{Cite web 
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|first=Ian
|author-link=Ian Maddieson
|title=WALS Online – Chapter Presence of Uncommon Consonants |url=https://wals.info/chapter/19 |access-date=2022-08-07 |website=wals.info}}</ref> and northern Vanuatu<ref>See p.31 of {{cite journal |last=François |first=Alexandre |author-link=Alexandre François (linguist)|year=2016 |title= The historical morphology of personal pronouns in northern Vanuatu |volume = 47 |pages = 25–60 |journal = Faits de Langues |doi=10.1163/19589514-047-01-900000003 |s2cid=171459404 |url= http://alex.francois.online.fr/data/AlexFrancois_2016_History-personal-pronouns_north-Vanuatu_published.pdf |ref=pronouns }}</ref> on the other. There are 2 other isolated cases, allophonically in Vietnamese and in the Adu dialect of Nuosu (Yi).