Voiced labiodental plosive

Voiced labiodental plosive

The voiced labiodental plosive is a consonant sound produced like a IPA| [b] , but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in IPA| [v] . This can be represented in the IPA as IPA| [b̪] . A separate symbol not recognized by the IPA that is often seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, is the "db" monogram IPA|ȸ.

The voiced labiodental plosive is not known to be phonemic in any language. However, it does occur allophonically:

In the Austronesian language Sika, this sound occurs as an allophone of the labiodental flap in careful pronunciation.

The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, IPA| [p̪͡f] (voiceless labiodental affricate) and [IPA|b̪͡v] (voiced labiodental affricate) (that is, [IPA|ȹ͡f] and [IPA|ȸ͡v] ), which unlike the bilabial-labiodental affricate [IPA|p͡f] of German are purely labiodental.


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