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In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth. The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| voiceless labiodental plosive | |||||
| voiced labiodental plosive | |||||
| labiodental nasal | English | symphony1 | ] | symphony | |
| voiceless labiodental fricative | English | fan | style="color:#700000">fæn | fan | |
| voiced labiodental fricative | English | van | style="color:#700000">væn | van | |
| labiodental approximant | Dutch | wang | style="color:#700000"> | cheek | |
Notes:
- is an allophone of /m/ that occurs before /v/ and /f/.
- The stops (the plosives and the nasal ) are not confirmed to exist as separate phonemes in any language.
The plosives are sometimes written as (qp and db monograms). Some languages, such as XiNkuna Tsonga, have true labiodental affricates, (that is, ), as opposed to the bilabial-labiodental affricate of German.
See also
أسناني شفوي | Labiodental | Consonne labio-dentale | 순치음 | 唇歯音 | Consoană labiodentală | Labiodental konsonant
"Labiodental consonant"