Editing Bilabial click (section)

==Features==

Features of ingressive labial clicks:

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*The forward [[place of articulation]] is [[labial consonant|labial]], which means it is articulated with the lips. The release is a noisy, [[Affricate consonant|affricate]]-like sound. Bilabial articulation, using both lips, is typical. Sometimes this may pass through a [[Labiodental consonant|labio-dental]] stage as the click is released, making it noisier.<ref>Ladefoged & Maddieson 1996:251)</ref> In other cases, the lower lip may start out in contact with both the upper teeth and the upper lip.<ref>Miller, 2007, ''The Sounds of Nǀuu'', pp 121''ff''</ref>
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{{lingual airstream}} (One of the two labial clicks in Damin is lingual ''egressive,'' which means that the trapped air pocket is compressed by the tongue until it is allowed to spurt out through the lips.)

The labial clicks are sometimes erroneously described as sounding like a kiss. However, they do not have the pursed lips of a kiss. Instead, the lips are [[Roundedness#Types of rounding|compressed]], more like a {{IPA|[p]}} than a {{IPA|[w]}}, and they sound more like a noisy smack of the lips than a kiss.