Voiced labiodental plosive
Consonantal sound represented by ⟨b̪⟩ in IPA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The voiced labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a [b], but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in [v]. This can be represented in the IPA as ⟨b̪⟩. A separate symbol that is sometimes seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, but not recognized by the IPA, is the db ligature ⟨ȸ⟩.
Voiced labiodental plosive | |
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b̪ | |
ȸ | |
IPA Number | 102 408 |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | b̪ |
Unicode (hex) | U+0062 U+032A |
X-SAMPA | b_d |
Braille |
The voiced labiodental plosive is not known to be phonemic in any language. However, it does occur allophonically:
In the Austronesian language Sika, this sound occurs as an allophone of the labiodental flap in careful pronunciation.[citation needed]
The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, [p̪͡f] (voiceless labiodental affricate) and [b̪͡v] (voiced labiodental affricate).