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The voiceless bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in most spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is p , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p .
Initial voiceless plosives, like the p in pie, are aspirated, with a palpable puff of air upon release, whereas a plosive after an s, as in spy, is tenuis (unaspirated). When spoken near a candle flame, the flame will flicker more after the words par, tar, and car are articulated, compared with spar, star, and scar.
The voiceless alveolar, dental and postalveolar plosives (or stops) are types of consonantal sounds used in almost all spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents voiceless dental , alveolar , and postalveolar plosives is t , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is t .
Word-initially, the contrast has more to do with aspiration; /t/ is aspirated and /d/ is an unaspirated voiceless stop. In the syllable coda, however, /t/ is instead pronounced with glottalization , unrelease, and a shorter vowel while /d/ remains voiceless.
For instance, p represents the voiceless bilabial stop, and pʰ represents the aspirated bilabial stop. Voiced consonants are seldom actually aspirated. Symbols for voiced consonants followed by ʰ , such as bʰ , typically represent consonants with murmured voiced release (see below).
PTB *voiceless unaspirated stop initials > PK *voiceless aspirated stop initials; PTB voiced rhotic *-r > PK *-Ø; PTB *voiceless alveolar fricative *-s > PK *voiceless alveolar stop *-t; PTB *voiceless stop finals have remained *voiceless stop or have become glottal stop *-ʔ in PK; PTB high back vowel *u > PK mid back vowel *o (vowel lowering)
Voiceless bilabial plosive; Voiceless labial–velar plosive; Voiceless labial–uvular plosive; Voiceless labiodental plosive; Voiceless linguolabial plosive; Voiceless palatal plosive; Voiceless retroflex plosive; Voiceless upper-pharyngeal plosive; Voiceless uvular plosive; Voiceless velar plosive
The alveolar and dental ejective stops are types of consonantal sounds, usually described as voiceless, that are pronounced with a glottalic egressive airstream. In the International Phonetic Alphabet, ejectives are indicated with a "modifier letter apostrophe" ʼ , [1] as in this article.