- Pronounced or articulated with both lips, as the consonants b, p, m, and w.
- Relating to both lips.
A bilabial sound or consonant.
bilabially bi·la'bi·al·ly adv.
bilabial
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bi·la·bi·al (bī-lā'bē-əl)  |
adj.
A bilabial sound or consonant.
bilabially bi·la'bi·al·ly adv.
A bilabial sound or consonant.
bilabially bi·la'bi·al·ly adv.
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(by-LAY-bee-uhl)
adjective
Using both lips.
noun
A bilabial sound or consonant, for example p, b, m, where both lips touch each other, and w in which lips are rounded.
Etymology
Latin bi- (two) + labial, from labium (lip), ultimately from Indo-European root leb- (lip, to lick) that's also the source of lip, labrose (having thick or large lips), and labret (an ornament worn in a pierced lip)
"Bilabial sounds like mamma, papa and baba are probably the easiest for the infant mouth to master." — Jack Rosenthal; From Arf to Zap; The New York Times; Jun 30, 1985.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A consonant that is articulated using both lips.
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 |
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• Labial |
| Bilabial |
| Labial-velar |
| Labial-alveolar |
| Labiodental |
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• Bidental |
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• Coronal |
| Linguolabial |
| Interdental |
| Dental |
| Denti-alveolar |
| Alveolar |
| Apical |
| Laminal |
| Postalveolar |
| Alveolo-palatal |
| Retroflex |
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• Dorsal |
| Palatal |
| Labial-palatal |
| Velar |
| Uvular |
| Uvular-epiglottal |
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• Radical |
| Pharyngeal |
| Epiglotto-pharyngeal |
| Epiglottal |
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• 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:
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bilabial nasal | English | man | [mæn] | man |
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voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | [spɪn] | spin |
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voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | [bɛd] | bed |
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voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | [ɸud͡ʑisaɴ] | Mount Fuji |
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voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe | ɛʋɛ | [ɛ̀βɛ̀] | Ewe |
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bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | [loβ̞o] | wolf |
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bilabial trill | ||||
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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
- ^ 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.
- Ladefoged, Peter; Ian Maddieson (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-19814-8.
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