Rara #28

Legacy number: 28

 Number  28
 Phenomenon  phonemic secondary 'labio-palatalization'
(simultaneous labial rounding and palatal constriction)
 Found in  Twi (Kwa, Niger-Congo); French (Romance, IE)
 Domain  phonology — phoneme inventory
 Type  rarissimum
 Keywords  palatalization
 Source  De Jong, Kenneth & Samuel Gyasi Obeng (2000). Labio-palatalization in Twi: Contrastive, quantal, and organizational factors producing an uncommon sound. Language 76: 682-703.
 Violates  none

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