• funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    as a phoneme, it’s a bilabial approximant - meaning the lips form the sound by moving close but not touching and then parting again

    compare to the palatal approixmant /y/ formed by the root of the tongue performing a similar action with the soft palate.