Editing Voiced labial–velar approximant (section)

==Features==
Features of the voiced labial–velar approximant:

{{approximant}} The type of approximant is ''glide'' or ''semivowel''. The term ''glide'' emphasizes the characteristic of movement (or 'glide') of {{IPA|/w/}} from the {{IPA|/u/}} vowel position to a following vowel position. The term ''semivowel'' emphasizes that, although the sound is vocalic in nature, it is not 'syllabic' (it does not form the nucleus of a syllable).
{{labiovelar}} Some languages, such as [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and perhaps the Northern [[Iroquoian languages]], have a sound typically transcribed as {{IPA|[w]}} where the lips are [[rounded vowel|compressed]] (or at least not rounded), which is a true [[labial–velar consonant|labial–velar]] (as opposed to labialized velar) consonant. Close transcriptions may avoid the symbol {{IPA|[w]}} in such cases, or may use the under-rounding diacritic, {{IPA|[w̜]}}.
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