Speech sounds formed between the lower lip and the upper central incisors, as in the fricatives /f/ and /v/, but rarely with the upper lip touching the lower front teeth. The former is a voiceless labio-dental fricative (e.g., fan) and the latter a voiced labio-dental fricative (e.g., van). A labio-dental approximant is type of consonant, with similarities to the English double-u, pronounced with teeth and lips maintained in a position so as to articulate the letter vee. It is relatively frequent in Dutch, an example being wang (cheek) and pronounced ‘vang’. As with lingua-dental sounds, the ability to master it must await the appearance of the first teeth.
See Bilabial, Clicks, Consonants, Fricative, Glottal, Labio-dental, Lateral sound, Lingua-alveolar (or alveolar), Lingua-dental (or dental), Lingua-palatal (or palatal), Lingua-velar (or velar), Plosive, Rhotic sound