Rara #6

Legacy number: 6

 Number  6
 Phenomenon  labial flap /vb/
(See Image)
 Found in  over 60 languages in Africa (Afroasiatic: Chadic; Niger-Congo: esp. Adamawa-Ubangi, also Benue-Congo; Nilo-Saharan: Central Sudanic) and at least one in Asia (Austronesian: Sika, spoken on the island of Flores, Indonesia)
 Domain  phonology — phoneme inventory
 Type  rarum
 Keywords  labial flap
 Source  Olson, Kenneth S. & John Hajek (2003). Crosslinguistic insights on the labial flap. Linguistic Typology 7: 157-186.
 Violates  none?

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Discussion
Notes
Once believed to be non-existent or very rare -- and indeed lacking an IPA symbol.
Comment
Frans Plank · 21 Sep 2006
Once believed to be non-existent or very rare -- and indeed lacking an IPA symbol.