The voiced labiodental affricate ( in
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) is a rare
affricate consonant
An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single phoneme or a consonant pai ...
that is initiated as a
voiced labiodental stop and released as a
voiced labiodental fricative
The voiced labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is v.
The sound is similar to ...
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Features
Features of the voiced labiodental affricate:
*There are two variants of the
stop component:
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bilabial, which means it is articulated with both
lips. The affricate with this stop component is called ''bilabial-labiodental''.
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labiodental, which means it is articulated with the lower lip and the upper
teeth
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*The
fricative
A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together. These may be the lower lip against the upper teeth, in the case of ; the back of the tongue against the soft palate in ...
component of this affricate is
labiodental, articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
Occurrence
Notes
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Affricates
Pulmonic consonants
Voiced oral consonants
Central consonants
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