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Linguolabials are consonants articulated by putting the tongue tip or tongue blade against the upper lip. They represent one extreme of an articulatory continuum which extends from linguolabial place to retracted apical alveolar or even sublaminal retroflex places of articulation. Cross-linguistically, consonants produced at the linguolabial place of articulation are very rare, even though they do not represent a particularly exotic combination of articulatory configurations, unlike click consonants or ejectives.

The linguolabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

Linguolabial consonants are found in some Oceaniac languages.