Editing Labial consonant (section)

==Lack of labials==
While most languages make use of purely labial phonemes, a few generally lack them. Examples are [[Tlingit language|Tlingit]], [[Eyak language|Eyak]] (both [[Na-Dene languages|Na-Dené]]), [[Wichita language|Wichita]] ([[Caddoan languages|Caddoan]]), and the [[Iroquoian languages]] except [[Cherokee language|Cherokee]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}

Many of these languages are transcribed with {{IPA|/w/}} and with [[labialized consonant]]s. However, it is not always clear to what extent the lips are involved in such sounds. In the Iroquoian languages, for example, {{IPA|/w/}} involved little apparent rounding of the lips. See the [[Tillamook language]] for an example of a language with "rounded" consonants and vowels that do not have any actual labialization. All of these languages have seen labials introduced under the influence of English.