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Italic languages

In Italic languages: Phonology
The development of the Indo-European labiovelar stop k^w is more complex. (A labiovelar stop is a sound pronounced with simultaneous articulation—movement—of the lips and the velum, the soft palate.) From this sound there has resulted a qu in Latin, p in Osco-Umbrian and South Picene, c in Irish, and p…
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Romance languages

In Latin language
…and perhaps /ŋ/; and a labiovelar series (pronounced with the lips rounded) /k^w g^w/. The /k/ sound was written c, and the /k^w/ and /g^w/ were written qu and gu, respectively.
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