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Dictionary of language and linguistics 624Referencesphoneticslabialization (also rounding)1 Articulation with rounded lips, as in the vowels [u, o, y, ø], as opposed to theunrounded [i, e]. Labialization can also refer to a secondary articulation ( articulatoryphonetics), involving any noticeable lip-rounding, as in the initial [k] or [∫] in [ku] cooand [∫u] shoe, as opposed to [k] and [∫] in [ki] key, [∫i] she. There are also labializedconsonants in some languages, in which the labialization of the consonant has phonemicstatus, such as the labiovelar k w in Indo-European, as well as labialized consonants inmany native languages of the northwest coast of America or in Caucasian languages.Referencesphonetics2 Diachronic ( synchrony vs diachrony) sound change through which anoriginally unrounded sound is rounded in assimilation to a labial sound, e.g. MHGleffel>NHG Löffel ‘spoon.’ The opposite process is called delabialization. (unrounding)sound changeReferenceslabio-dental [Lat. dens ‘tooth’]Speech sound classified according to its articulator (lips=labial) and its place ofarticulation (teeth=dental), e.g. [f], in Ital. ‘nymph.’ ( also phonetics)phoneticsReferences