Labiovelar Consonants

Labiovelar consonants are consonants that have the back of the tongue (dorsum) as the active articulator and the soft palate (velum) as the passive articulator, but also involve the lips, usually by rounding them. In labiovelar consonants, the position of the tongue and the lips is the same as the position of the tongue and the lips in the vowel /u/.

Labiovelar Consonants in Orish
In Orish, the sound of the letter W is the only palatal consonant, the palatal approximant. This sound is actually the non-syllabic counterpart of the sound of the letter U.