Voiced bilabial plosive

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The voiced bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is b, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is b. The voiced bilabial plosive occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter "b" in boy. Many Indian languages, such as Hindi, have a two-way contrast between aspirated and plain [b].

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Features

Features of the voiced bilabial plosive:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Arabic Standard[1] كتب [ˈkatabɐ] 'he wrote' See Arabic phonology
Dutch[2] boer [buːr] 'farmer' See Dutch phonology
English aback [əˈbæk] 'aback' See English phonology
Catalan[3] blau [blaw] 'blue' (m.) See Catalan phonology
Czech bota [bota] 'boot' See Czech phonology
French[4] boue [bu] 'mud' See French phonology
Georgian[5] ბავშვი [ˈbavʃvi] 'child'
German Bub [buːp] 'boy' See German phonology
Greek μπόχα [ˈbo̞xa] 'reek' See Modern Greek phonology
Hindi बाल [bɑl] 'hair' See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Hungarian baba [bɒbɒ] 'baby' See Hungarian phonology
Italian[6] bile [ˈbile] 'rage' See Italian phonology
Japanese[7] ?/ban [baɴ] '(one's) turn' See Japanese phonology
Korean 바보/
babo		 [paːbo] 'fool' See Korean phonology
Norwegian bål [ˈbɔːl] 'bonfire' See Norwegian phonology
Pirahã pibaóí [pìbàóí] 'parent'
Polish[8] bas [bas]  (help·info) 'bass' See Polish phonology
Portuguese[9] bato [ˈbatu] 'I strike' See Portuguese phonology
Russian[10] рыба [ˈrɨbə]  (help·info) 'fish' Contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology
Spanish[11] invertir [ĩmbe̞ɾˈtiɾ] 'to invest' See Spanish phonology
Swedish bra [ˈbrɑː] 'good' See Swedish phonology
Turkish bulut [ˈbulut̪] 'cloud' See Turkish phonology

See also

References

  1. ^ Thelwall (1990:37)
  2. ^ Gussenhoven (1992:45)
  3. ^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:53)
  4. ^ Fougeron & Smith (1993:73)
  5. ^ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:255)
  6. ^ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:117)
  7. ^ Okada (1991:94)
  8. ^ Jassem (2003:103)
  9. ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
  10. ^ Padgett (2003:42)
  11. ^ Martínez-Celdrán et al (2003:255)

Bibliography

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Pulmonics Bila​bial Labio​d. Den​tal Alv. Post. Retro​fl. Pal​a​tal Ve​lar Uvu​lar Pha​ryn. Epi​glot​t. Glot​tal Non-pulmonics and other symbols
Nasals m ɱ n̪ n ɳ ɲ ŋ ɴ Clicks  ʘ ǀ ǃ ǂ ǁ
Plosives p b p̪ b̪ t̪ d̪ t d ʈ ɖ c ɟ k ɡ q ɢ ʡ ʔ Impl.  ɓ ɗ ʄ ɠ ʛ
Fricatives  ɸ β f v θ ð s z ʃ ʒ ʂ ʐ ç ʝ x ɣ χ ʁ ħ ʕ ʜ ʢ h ɦ Eject.  pʼ tʼ kʼ qʼ sʼ
Approxim.  ʋ ɹ ɻ j ɰ Affr.  t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ t͡ʂ d͡ʐ t͡ɬ d͡ɮ p̪͡f
Trills ʙ r • ʀ • Other laterals  ɺ • ɫ
Flaps / taps • ѵ ɾ ɽ • • Co-art. fricatives  ɕ ʑ ɧ
Lateral Fric. ɬ ɮ • • • Co-art. approxim.  ʍ w ɥ
Lateral Appr. l ɭ ʎ ʟ Co-articulated stops  k͡p ɡ͡b ŋ͡m
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Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right represents a voiced consonant. Shaded areas denote pulmonic articulations judged to be impossible.
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