• Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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    10 months ago

    B, P are bilabial plosives. M is a bilabial fricative. F, V are labio-dental fricatives i.e. teeth and one lip.

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      10 months ago

      Here’s my man with the real goods. Linguistically these categories explain so many ‘weird’ spelling shifts between cognates.