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/.
The IPA chart shades out bilabial lateral consonants, which is sometimes read as indicating that such sounds are not possible. The fricatives [ɸ] and [β] are often lateral, but since no language makes a distinction for centrality, the allophony is not noticeable.
^Maddieson, Ian (2008), "Absence of Common Consonants", in Haspelmath, Martin; Dryer, Matthew S.; Gil, David; Comrie, Bernard (eds.), The World Atlas of Language Structures Online, Munich: Max Planck Digital Library
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bilabial, consonant, this, article, contains, phonetic, transcriptions, international, phonetic, alphabet, introductory, guide, symbols, help, distinction, between, brackets, transcription, delimiters, phonetics, bilabial, consonant, labial, consonant, articul. This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet IPA For an introductory guide on IPA symbols see Help IPA For the distinction between and see IPA Brackets and transcription delimiters In phonetics a bilabial consonant is a labial consonant articulated with both lips Contents 1 Frequency 2 Varieties 3 Other varieties 4 See also 5 References 5 1 Citations 5 2 SourcesFrequency editBilabial 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 Varieties editThe bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet IPA are IPA Description ExampleLanguage Orthography IPA Meaningm voiceless bilabial nasal Hmong Hmoob m ɔ Hmongm voiced bilabial nasal English man maen manp voiceless bilabial plosive English spin spɪn spinb voiced bilabial plosive English bed bɛd bedp ɸ voiceless bilabial affricate Kaingang 2 fy ˈp ɸɤ seed b b voiced bilabial affricate Shipibo 3 boko ˈb bo ko small intestine ɸ voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 fujisan ɸuʑisaɴ Mount Fujib voiced bilabial fricative Ewe ɛʋɛ ɛ bɛ Eweb bilabial approximant Spanish lobo lob o wolfⱱ voiced bilabial flap Mono 4 vwa ⱱ a send ʙ voiceless bilabial trill Para Arara 5 ʙ uta to throw away ʙ voiced bilabial trill Nias simbi siʙi lower jawpʼ bilabial ejective stop Adyghe pӀe pʼa meatɸʼ bilabial ejective fricative Yuchi 6 example needed ɓ voiceless bilabial implosive Serer example needed ɓ voiced bilabial implosive Jamaican Patois beat ɓiːt beatk ʘ q ʘɡ ʘ ɢ ʘŋ ʘ ɴ ʘ bilabial clicks many distinct consonants Nǁng ʘoe k ʘoe meatOwere Igbo has a six way contrast among bilabial stops p pʰ ɓ b b ɓ citation needed Other varieties editThe extensions to the IPA also define a bilabial percussive ʬ for smacking the lips together A lip smack in the non percussive sense of the lips noisily parting would be ʬ 7 The IPA chart shades out bilabial lateral consonants which is sometimes read as indicating that such sounds are not possible The fricatives ɸ and b are often lateral but since no language makes a distinction for centrality the allophony is not noticeable See also editPlace of articulation Index of phonetics articlesReferences editCitations edit Maddieson Ian 2008 Absence of Common Consonants in Haspelmath Martin Dryer Matthew S Gil David Comrie Bernard eds The World Atlas of Language Structures Online Munich Max Planck Digital Library Jolkesky 2009 pp 680 681 Valenzuela Marquez Pinedo amp Maddieson 2001 Olson 2004 233 de Souza Isaac Costa 2010 3 PDF A Phonological Description of Pet Talk in Arara MA SIL Brazil Archived from the original PDF on 2013 10 12 Retrieved 2014 01 09 Crawford James M 1973 Yuchi Phonology International Journal of American Linguistics 39 3 173 179 doi 10 1086 465261 S2CID 224808560 Heselwood 2013 121 citation not found Sources edit General referencesJolkesky Marcelo Pinho de Valhery 2009 Fonologia e prosodia do Kaingang falado em Cacique Doble Anais do SETA Campinas Editora do IEL UNICAMP 3 675 685 Ladefoged Peter Maddieson Ian 1996 The Sounds of the World s Languages Oxford Blackwell ISBN 0 631 19815 6 McDorman Richard E 1999 Labial Instability in Sound Change Explanations for the Loss of p l H Chicago Organizational Knowledge Press ISBN 0 9672537 0 5 Olson Kenneth S 2004 Mono PDF Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 2 233 238 doi 10 1017 S0025100304001744 Valenzuela Pilar M Marquez Pinedo Luis Maddieson Ian 2001 Shipibo Journal of the International Phonetic Association 31 2 281 285 doi 10 1017 S0025100301002109 nbsp This phonetics article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bilabial consonant amp oldid 1192190570, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
