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Labialization

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la·bi·al·ize  (lb--lz)
tr.v. la·bi·al·ized, la·bi·al·iz·ing, la·bi·al·iz·es
To round (a speech sound); make labial.
labi·al·i·zation (--l-zshn) n.
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Although velarized consonants triggered the replacement of the former *e by *u in Livonian noninitial syllables (the labial *u was the only possible non-high back or "velar" vowel in non-initial syllables), the further development of the stop *g was already labialization to *g[?
Livonian gradation: types and genesis/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] by Viitso, Tiit-Rein / Linguistica Uralica
Dialect materials reveal some special symbols that have been used for raised overlong mid-high vowels (e, o, o), and labialization of the vowel a has been marked as ([?
Vowels in initial syllables in Saaremaa/[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ... by Niit, Ellen / Linguistica Uralica
Hence the labialization of central vowels is one of the earliest phonetic changes in the dialects of the islands.
Some comments about Paul Ariste's doctoral dissertation on phonetics ... by Viitso, Tiit-Rein / Linguistica Uralica
 
 
 
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