• hikaru755
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    4 hours ago

    Italian does have qu which is pronounced /kw/

    Same in German actually no

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      6 hours ago

      Sorry bud, but in German it usually (though not always ill grant you) is pronounced /kv/ :) quark, quasseln, usw

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        4 hours ago

        Oh dang you’re right, read your comment too quickly and mixed up v and w, lol

        What’s the difference between /kʷ/ and /kw/ though? Never seen that first notation

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          The former is a labialised consonant, so the lips are brought close together, like to pronounce a /w/, but while saying a k. The general term is “secondary articulation”. I think the most famous of these, at least in European languages, is palatalisation.