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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 | ||
| bilabial nasal | English | man | style="color:#700000"> | man | |
| voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | style="color:#700000"> | spin | |
| voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | style="color:#700000"> | bed | |
| voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | style="color:#700000"> | Mount Fuji | |
| voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe | ɛʋɛ | style="color:#700000"> | Ewe | |
| bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | style="color:#700000"> | wolf | |
| bilabial trill | |||||
| bilabial click | |||||
Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: .
See also
شفتاني | Bilabial | Bilabial | Consonne bilabiale | 양순음 | 両唇音 | Bilabial konsonant | Bilabial | Consoană bilabială | Bilabiaali | Bilabial konsonant | 双唇音
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