What does labialization mean?
noun
The process of modifying a speech sound so that it is made with the lips, often used in phonetics to describe the production of certain consonant sounds. Labialization can also refer to the use of the lips in the articulation of vowels.
Example
"The linguist studied the labialization of the /k/ sound in the local dialect."
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