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Bilabial consonant

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Places of articulation
Labial
Bilabial
Labial-velar
Labial-alveolar
Labiodental
Coronal
Linguolabial
Interdental
Dental
Alveolar
Apical
Laminal
Postalveolar
Alveolo-palatal
Retroflex
Dorsal
Palatal
Labial-palatal
Velar
Uvular
Uvular-epiglottal
Radical
Pharyngeal
Epiglotto-pharyngeal
Epiglottal
Glottal
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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
Xsampa-m.png bilabial nasal English man æn] man
Xsampa-p.png voiceless bilabial plosive English spin pɪn] spin
Xsampa-b.png voiced bilabial plosive English bed ɛd] bed
Xsampa-pslash.png voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 (fujisan) uʥisaɴ] Mount Fuji
Xsampa-B2.png voiced bilabial fricative Ewe ɛʋɛ βɛ̀] Ewe
IPA-voiced_bilabial_approximant.png bilabial approximant Spanish lobo β̞o] wolf
Xsampa-Bslash.png bilabial trill
Xsampa-Oslash.png bilabial click

Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: [p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ].

See also

  Consonants (List, table) See also: IPA, Vowels  
Pulmonics Bilabial Lab'den. Dental Alveolar Postalv. Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Pharyn. Epiglottal Glottal   Non-pulmonics and other symbols
Nasals {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA  Clicks  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
Plosives {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA  Implo­­sives  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
Fricatives {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA  Ejec­­tives  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
   Approximants    {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA Other laterals  {{IPA {{IPA
Trills {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA Co-articulated approximants  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
Flaps & Taps {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA Co-articulated fricatives  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
Lat. Fricatives {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA Affricates  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
Lat. Appr'mants {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA Co-articulated stops  {{IPA {{IPA {{IPA
This page contains phonetic information in IPA, which may not display correctly in some browsers. [Help]
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged impossible.

 


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