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bilabial

 
Dictionary: bi·la·bi·al   (bī-lā'bē-əl) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Pronounced or articulated with both lips, as the consonants b, p, m, and w.
  2. Relating to both lips.
n.

A bilabial sound or consonant.

bilabially bi·la'bi·al·ly adv.
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - A consonant that is articulated using both lips.

pronunciation The consonant p is a bilabial sound.

 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a consonant that is articulated using both lips; /p/ or /b/ or /w/


The adjective bilabial has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or being a speech sound that is articulated using both lips
  Pertains to noun: labial (meaning #1)


 
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Places of
articulation

 • Labial
Bilabial
Labial-velar
Labial-alveolar
Labiodental

 • Bidental

 • Coronal
Linguolabial
Interdental
Dental
Denti-alveolar
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 [mæn] man
Image:Xsampa-p.png voiceless bilabial plosive English spin [spɪn] spin
Image:Xsampa-b.png voiced bilabial plosive English bed [bɛd] bed
Image:Xsampa-pslash.png voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 (fujisan) [ɸuʥisaɴ] Mount Fuji
Image:Xsampa-B2.png voiced bilabial fricative Ewe ɛʋɛ [ɛ̀βɛ̀] Ewe
Image:IPA-voiced bilabial approximant.png bilabial approximant Spanish lobo [loβ̞o] wolf
Image:Xsampa-Bslash.png bilabial trill
Image:Xsampa-Oslash.png bilabial click

Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: [p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ]. Approximately 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants at all; these include Tlingit, Chipewyan, Oneida, and Wichita [1].

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References

  1. ^ 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, chapter 18. Available online at http://wals.info/feature/18. Accessed on 2008-09-15.

 
 
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