Bilabial consonant
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In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| File:Xsampa-m.png | bilabial nasal | English | man | [mæn] | man |
| File:Xsampa-p.png | voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | [spɪn] | spin |
| File:Xsampa-b.png | voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | [bɛd] | bed |
| File:Xsampa-pslash.png | voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | [ɸuʑisaɴ] | Mount Fuji |
| File:Xsampa-B2.png | voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe | ɛʋɛ | [ɛ̀βɛ̀] | Ewe |
| File:IPA-voiced bilabial approximant.png | bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | [loβ̞o] | wolf |
| File:Xsampa-Bslash.png | bilabial trill | Nias | simbi | [siʙi] | lower jaw |
| File:Xsampa-Oslash.png | bilabial click | Nǁng | ʘoe | [ʘoe] | meat |
Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: [p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ]. Approximately 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants altogether; these include Tlingit, Chipewyan, Oneida, and Wichita.[1]
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- ↑ Maddieson, Ian. 2008. Absence of Common Consonants. In: Haspelmath, Martin & Dryer, Matthew S. & Gil, David & Comrie, Bernard (eds.) The World Atlas of Language Structures Online. Munich: Max Planck Digital Library, chapter 18. Available online at http://wals.info/feature/18. Accessed on 2008-09-15.
General referencesEdit
- Ladefoged, Peter (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages, Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19814-8.
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