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The voiced labiodental plosive or stop is a
consonant sound In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are and pronounced with the lips; and pronounced with the front of the tongue; and pronounced wit ...
produced like a , but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in . This can be represented in the
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as . A separate symbol that is sometimes seen, especially in
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linguistics, but not recognized by the IPA, is the ''db''
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. The voiced labiodental plosive is not known to be
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in any language. However, it does occur allophonically: In the Austronesian language Sika, this sound occurs as an allophone of the
labiodental flap In phonetics, the voiced labiodental flap is a speech sound found primarily in languages of Central Africa, such as Kera and Mangbetu. It has also been reported in the Austronesian language Sika. It is one of the few non- rhotic flaps. The ...
in careful pronunciation. The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, (
voiceless labiodental affricate The voiceless labiodental affricate ( in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a labiodental stop and released as a voiceless labiodental fricative . The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has this affricate, as in "hippopotamuses" ...
) and (
voiced labiodental affricate The voiced labiodental affricate ( in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a voiced labiodental stop and released as a voiced labiodental fricative . Features Features of the voiced labiodental affricate: *There are two ...
).


Features

Features of the "voiced labiodental stop":


Occurrence


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* Labiodental consonants Pulmonic consonants Voiced oral consonants Plosives Central consonants {{Phonetics-stub