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The voiceless labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in This can be represented in the
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. The voiceless labiodental plosive is possibly not
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in any language, though see the entry on Shubi. However, it does occur allophonically. The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, and . German ranges between , , and .


Features

Features of the voiceless labiodental stop:


Varieties


Occurrence


See also

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List of phonetics topics A * Acoustic phonetics * Active articulator * Affricate * Airstream mechanism * Alexander John Ellis * Alexander Melville Bell * Alfred C. Gimson * Allophone * Alveolar approximant () * Alveolar click () * Alveolar consonant * Alveolar ej ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voiceless Labiodental stop Pulmonic consonants Voiceless oral consonants Voiceless stops