Labial–uvular consonants (alsolabio-uvular consonants) aredoubly articulated consonants that occur at two places of articulation, the lips and theuvula. They have been attested inLese, aMangbutu-Efe language spoken in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo andUganda.[1][2][3]
One labial–uvular stop is attested,[q͜p], and it is present in theLese language, occurring as anallophone of/q͜ɓ/, which is mostly likely another labial–uvular stop with significant lowering and a strong release.[1][2] The standard labial–uvular stop is also found inIha.[4][5]
