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Voiced bilabial plosive

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IPA – number 102
IPA – text b
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Entity b
X-SAMPA b
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The voiced bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is b, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is b. The voiced bilabial plosive occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter "b" in boy. Many Indian languages, such as Hindi, have a two-way contrast between aspirated and plain [b].

Features

Features of the voiced bilabial plosive:

Varieties of [b]

IPA Description
b plain velar fricative
labialised
b̜ʷ semi-labialised
b̹ʷ strongly labialised
palatalised

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Arabic Standard[1] كتب [ˈkatabɐ] 'he wrote' See Arabic phonology
Dutch[2] boer [buːr] 'farmer' See Dutch phonology
English aback [əˈbæk] 'aback' See English phonology
Catalan[3] blau [blaw] 'blue' (m.) See Catalan phonology
Czech bota [bota] 'boot' See Czech phonology
French[4] boue [bu] 'mud' See French phonology
Georgian[5] ავშვი [ˈbavʃvi] 'child'
German Bub [buːp] 'boy' See German phonology
Greek μπόχα [ˈbo̞xa] 'reek' See Modern Greek phonology
Hindi बाल [bɑl] 'hair' See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Hungarian baba [bɒbɒ] 'baby' See Hungarian phonology
Italian[6] bile [ˈbile] 'rage' See Italian phonology
Japanese[7] ?/ban [baɴ] '(one's) turn' See Japanese phonology
Korean 바보/
babo [paːbo] 'fool' See Korean phonology
Maltese għatba [a:t'ba] 'threshold'
Norwegian bål [ˈbɔːl] 'bonfire' See Norwegian phonology
Pirahã pibaóí [ˈpìbàóí̯] 'parent'
Polish[8] bas Pl-bas.ogg [bas] 'bass' See Polish phonology
Portuguese[9] bato [ˈbatu] 'I strike' See Portuguese phonology
Russian[10] рыба riba.ogg [ˈrɨbə] 'fish' Contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology
Slovak b [bic] 'to be'
Spanish[11] invertir [ĩmbe̞rˈtir] 'to invest' See Spanish phonology
Swedish bra [ˈbrɑː] 'good' See Swedish phonology
Turkish bulut [ˈbulut̪] 'cloud' See Turkish phonology
Zapotec Tilquiapan[12] bald [bal͡d] 'few'

See also

References

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Consonants
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Pulmonics Bila​bial Labio​d. Den​tal Alv. Post. Retro​fl. Pal​a​tal Ve​lar Uvu​lar Pha​ryn. Epi​glot​t. Glot​tal Non-pulmonics and other symbols [edit • talk]
Nasals m ɱ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ  Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ
Plosives p b t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ  Impl.  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Fricatives ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ  Eject. 
Approxim. ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ  Affr.  p̪͡f t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ t͡ɬ d͡ɮ
Trills ʙ r ʀ Other laterals  ɺ ɫ
Flaps / taps ⱱ̟ ɾ ɽ Co-art. fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ
Lateral Fric. ɬ ɮ Co-art. approxim.  ʍ w ɥ
Lateral Appr. l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged to be impossible.