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The voiced bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many 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 stop occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter b in obey [oʊˈbeɪ].
In phonetics and phonology, a bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence bilabial), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant). The most common sounds are the stops [p] and [b], as in English pit and bit, and the voiced nasal [m]. [1] More generally, several kinds are distinguished:
It is the older and more generic symbol. It indicates velarization, uvularization or pharyngealization, ... pharyngealized voiced bilabial stop [bˤ] (in Chechen, ...
The attested voiced implosive stops are the following: voiced bilabial implosive [ɓ] voiced alveolar implosive [ɗ] voiced retroflex implosive [ᶑ] (letter is 'implicit' in the IPA) voiced palatal implosive [ʄ] voiced velar implosive [ɠ] voiced uvular implosive [ʛ] voiced labial–velar implosive [ɠ͜ɓ]
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 .
IPA symbol name phonetic description Unicode name p (lowercase) p: voiceless bilabial stop: LATIN SMALL LETTER P x (lowercase) x: voiceless velar fricative: LATIN SMALL LETTER X r (lowercase) r: coronal trill: LATIN SMALL LETTER R β: beta: voiced bilabial fricative: GREEK SMALL LETTER BETA ɛ: epsilon: open-mid front unrounded vowel: LATIN ...
The voiced bilabial trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is ʙ , a small capital version of the Latin letter b , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is B\ .
Bilabial consonants are very common across languages. Only around 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants altogether, including Tlingit , Chipewyan , Oneida , and Wichita , [ 1 ] though all of these have a labial–velar approximant /w/.