This article is about the consonantal sound. For the Greek letter, see phi (letter).
| IPA – number | 126 |
| IPA – text | ɸ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | ɸ |
| X-SAMPA | p\ |
| Kirshenbaum | P |
 Sound sample (help·info) |
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The voiceless bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ɸ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p\.
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Features
Features of the voiceless bilabial fricative:
- Its manner of articulation is fricative, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
- Its place of articulation is bilabial which means it is articulated with both lips.
- Its phonation type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- 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 pulmonic egressive, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the lungs and through the vocal tract, rather than from the glottis or the mouth.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainu | フチ | [ɸu̜tʃi] | 'grandmother' | ||
| Angor | fi | [ɸi] | 'body' | ||
| Ewe[1] | éƒá | [é ɸá] | 'he polished' | ||
| Itelmen | чуфчуф | [tʃuɸtʃuɸ] | 'rain' | ||
| Japanese[2] | 腐敗/fuhai | [ɸɯhai] | 'decay' | Allophone of /h/ before /ɯ/. See Japanese phonology | |
| Kaingang | [ɸɨ] | 'seed' | |||
| Kalupaya | [ɸɨ] | 'seed' | |||
| Kwama | [kòːɸɛ́] | 'basket' | |||
| Mao | [ʔɑ̄ˈɸɑ́ŋ] | 'empty' | |||
| Māori | whakapapa | [ɸakapapa] | 'genealogy' | ||
| Odoodee | pagai | [ɸɑɡɑi] | 'coconut' | ||
| Spanish | Andalusian[3] | los viejos | [lɔh ɸjɛhɔ] | 'the old ones' | Allophone of /b/ after [h]. See Spanish phonology |
| Turkmen | fabrik | [ɸabrik] | 'factory' | ||
References
- ^ Ladefoged (2005:156)
- ^ Okada (1991:95)
- ^ Pérez, Aguilar & Jiménez (1998:225-228)
Bibliography
- Ladefoged, Peter (2005). Vowels and Consonants (Second ed.). Blackwell.
- Pérez, Ramón Morillo-Velarde; Aguilar, Rafael Cano; Jiménez, Antonio Narbona (1998), El Español hablado en Andalucía, ISBN 84-3448-225-8
- Okada, Hideo (1991), "Phonetic Representation:Japanese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 21 (2): 94-97
See also
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