Bilabial consonant

Contents

1 See also
2 References
- 2.1 Notes
- 2.2 General references

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning

bilabial nasal English man [mæn] man

voiceless bilabial plosive English spin [spɪn] spin

voiced bilabial plosive English bed [bɛd] bed

voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 (fujisan) [ɸuʑisaɴ] Mount Fuji

voiced bilabial fricative Ewe ɛʋɛ [ɛ̀βɛ̀] Ewe

IPA-voiced bilabial approximant.png

bilabial approximant Spanish lobo [loβ̞o] wolf

bilabial trill

bilabial click Nǀu 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 at all; these include Tlingit, Chipewyan, Oneida, and Wichita .

See also

References

Notes

^ 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 references

Ladefoged, Peter; Ian Maddieson (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19814-8.

International Phonetic Alphabet

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Consonants

IPA Pulmonic consonants chart
Place → Labial Coronal Dorsal Radical Glottal
↓ Manner Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Postalv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyngeal Epiglottal Glottal
Nasal m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ
Plosive p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ
Fricative ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ
Approximant ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ
Trill ʙ r • * ʀ я *
Flap or tap ⱱ̟ ⱱ ɾ ɽ ɢ̆ ʡ̯
Lateral Fric. ɬ ɮ ɭ˔̊ ʎ̥˔ ʟ̝̊
Lateral Appr. l ɭ ʎ ʟ
Lateral flap ɺ ɺ̢ * ʎ̯

Non-pulmonic consonants Clicks ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ
Implosives ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Ejectives pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ
tsʼ tɬʼ tʃʼ kxʼ kʼ

Affricates p̪f b̪v ts dz tʃ dʒ tɕ dʑ ʈʂ ɖʐ
t̪θ d̪ð tɬ dɮ cç ɟʝ kx qχ

Co-articulated consonants Fricatives ɕ ʑ ɧ
Approximants ʍ w ɥ ɫ
Stops k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m