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Line 22: Labialization is the most widespread secondary articulation in the world's languages. It is phonemically contrastive in [[Northwest Caucasian languages\|Northwest Caucasian]] (e.g. [[Adyghe language\|Adyghe]]), [[Athabaskan languages\|Athabaskan]], and [[Salishan languages\|Salishan]] [[language family\|language families]], among others. This contrast is reconstructed also for [[Proto-Indo-European language\|Proto-Indo-European]], the common ancestor of the [[Indo-European languages]]; and it survives in [[Latin language\|Latin]] and some [[Romance languages]]. It is also found in the [[Cushitic languages\|Cushitic]] and [[Ethiopian Semitic languages\|Ethio-Semitic]] languages. [[American English]] labializes {{IPA\|/r, ʃ, ʒ, tʃ, dʒ/}} to various degrees.{{cn\|date=July 2024}} A few languages, including [[Arrernte language\|Arrernte]] and [[Mba language\|Mba]], have contrastive labialized forms for almost all of their consonants.

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