Apparently, labiodental sounds are a relatively recent evolutionary development. Labiodental constants are sounds that require the use of both the lip and upper teeth to produce, sounds like “f” and ...

Health Team Human speech sounds evolved because of our diet, study says Although languages around the world vary greatly, some share similar speech sounds. A new study suggests that labiodental sounds ...

Humans couldn’t always easily produce “f” and “v” sounds, according to a surprising new study. The reason we can now enjoy words like “flavor” and “effervescent,” say the researchers, has to do with ...

Labiodental sounds, such as F and V, have been known to be rarely met in hunter-gatherer languages. To understand how this has occurred, the authors undertook a massive statistical inquiry. 2,400 ...

Although languages around the world vary greatly, some share similar speech sounds. A new study suggests that labiodental sounds like “f” and “v” are included in about half of the world’s languages ...