labiodental

• Phonetically, [v] is a labiodental fricative, partially or completely voiced, made with air drawn from the lungs passing between the lower lip and upper front teeth as they touch. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• It was a labiodental when it arose from Germanic {f} (cp. —  A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
• English {sleep}), but during the OHG. period the bilabial {f} became labiodental. —  A Middle High German Primer Third Edition
• '' 'f' '' is a labiodental fricative, air being pushed through the upper teeth and lower lip. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
• After the first century A.D. this semi-vowel began to develop into the labiodental consonant _v_, the intermediate stage being a labial _v_, such as one may often hear in South Germany at the present day, and which to ordinary ears would seem undistinguishable from _w_. —  The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius

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