Voiceless bilabial affricate
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The voiceless bilabial 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 pair. ...
that is initiated as a
bilabial stop In phonetics and phonology, a bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence bilabial), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant). The most common sounds are the stops and , as in English ...
and released as a
voiceless bilabial fricative The voiceless bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is . Features Features of the voiceless bilabial fricative: Occ ...
. It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language.


Features

Features of the voiceless bilabial affricate:


Occurrence


Notes


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voiceless Bilabial Affricate Affricates Pulmonic consonants Voiceless oral consonants Bilabial consonants Central consonants