| IPA – number | 160 |
| IPA – text | ɓ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɓ |
| X-SAMPA | b_< |
| Kirshenbaum | b` |
 Sound sample (help·info) |
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A voiced bilabial implosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɓ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is b_<.
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Features
Features of the voiced bilabial implosive:
- Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
- Its place of articulation is bilabial which means it is articulated with both lips.
- Its phonation type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is glottalic ingressive, which means it is produced by pulling air downward with the glottis, rather than pushing it out.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ega[1] | [ɓá] | 'send away' | |||
| Fula[2] | example needed | -- | -- | ||
| Goemai | ḅas | [ɓas] | 'to fetch' | ||
| Hausa | ɓaɓewa | [ɓaɓɛua] | 'quarreling' | ||
| Jamaican[3] | beat | [ɓiːt] | 'beat' | Allophone of /b/ in the onset of prominent syllables | |
| Kalabari[4] | ḅá | [ɓá] | 'kill' | ||
| Khmer | បី | [ɓəj] | 'three' | ||
| Mono[5] | ‘balœ | [ɓálə́] | 'at' | ||
| Seereer-Siin[6] | [ɓood] | 'to crawl' | contrasts phonemically with voiceless implosive | ||
| Sindhi | ٻر | [ɓarʊ] | 'child' | ||
| Tera[7] | ɓala | [ɓala] | 'to talk' | Contrasts phonemically with palatalized implosive, /ɓʲ/ | |
| Tukang Besi | [aɓa] | 'previous' | |||
| Vietnamese | bư | [ɓɯ] | 'silly; stupid' | See Vietnamese phonology | |
| Zulu | ubaba | [uˈɓaːɓa] | 'my father' | ||
See also
References
- ^ Connell, Ahoua & Gibbon (2002:100)
- ^ Keer (1999:82)
- ^ Devonish & Harry (2004:456)
- ^ Harry (2003:113)
- ^ Olson (2004:233)
- ^ Mc Laughlin (2005:203)
- ^ Tench (2007:228)
Bibliography
- Connell, Bruce; Ahoua, Firmin; Gibbon, Dafydd (2002), "Ega", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 32 (1): 99-104
- Devonish, H; Harry, Otelamate G. (2004), "Jamaican phonology", in Kortman, B; Shneider E. W., A Handbook of Varieties of English, phonology, 1, Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter, pp. 441–471
- Harry, Otelamate G. (2003), "Kalaḅarị-Ịjo", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 33 (1): 113-120
- Keer, Edward (1999), Geminates, The OCP and The Nature of CON, Rutgers University
- Mc Laughlin, Fiona (2005), "Voiceless implosives in Seereer-Siin", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 35 (2): 201–214, doi:
- Olson, Kenneth (2004), "Mono", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34 (2): 233-238
- Paul, Tench (2007), "Tera", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 37 (1): 228-234
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