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But the river tripped on her by and by, lapping
as though her heart was brook: Why, why, why! Weh, O weh
I'se so silly to be flowing but I no canna stay!

Does anyone else use /P/? I thought it was pretty rare (outside of Dutch).

Are we talking about Natlangs or Conlangs?

The conlang I am currently working on doesn't go more exotic than /C/ and retroflex stops and fricatives (no /z`/ though), as well as a few vowels like 3\, but I'm planning to make it evolve from a proto-lang that makes full use of the linguolabial-retroflex spectrum, with the linguolabials eventually evolving into simple bilabials (/t_N/ -> /p/, etc.). In the proto lang I could contrast linguolabial, dental, alveolar and retroflex, with voiced and voiceless plosives and voiceless fricatives, and maybe some nasals too.

Is linguolabial -> bilabial attested anywhere in the world?

Sometimes I think I should start with the proto lang first...

I'm actually not sure if posting in l&l museum is allowed, if it isn't I won't do it again.

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"There was a particular car I soon came to think of as distinctly St. Louis-ish: a gigantic white S.U.V. with a W. bumper sticker on it for George W. Bush."

Am I the only one to think of using "supralabials"?
AKA the tongue is placed between the upper gum and the upper lip. When drawn downwards, plosives and nasals can be produced. Not so sure about other manners of articulation though...