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
Image:Xsampa-m.png bilabial nasal English man [Template:IPATemplate:IPA] man
Image:Xsampa-p.png voiceless bilabial plosive English spin [[[Template:IPA]]Template:IPATemplate:IPA] spin
Image:Xsampa-b.png voiced bilabial plosive English bed [Template:IPATemplate:IPA] bed
Image:Xsampa-pslash.png voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 (fujisan) [Template:IPATemplate:IPA] Mount Fuji
Image:Xsampa-B2.png voiced bilabial fricative Ewe ɛʋɛ [[[Template:IPA]]Template:IPATemplate:IPA] Ewe
Image:IPA-voiced bilabial approximant.png bilabial approximant Spanish lobo [[[Template:IPA]]Template:IPATemplate:IPA] wolf
Image:Xsampa-Bslash.png bilabial trill
Image:Xsampa-Oslash.png bilabial click

Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: Template:IPA.

See also

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