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Bilabial consonant

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{{Place_of_articulation}} In phonetics, a '''bilabial consonant''' is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are: {|border="1px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse:collapse" |-style="background:gray; color:white; font-weight:bold; text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | IPA ! rowspan="2" | Description ! colspan="4" | Example |-style="background:gray; color:white; font-weight:bold; text-align:center" | Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-m.png | bilabial nasal | English language English | '''m'''an | ['''{{IPA|m}}'''{{IPA|æn}}] | man |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-p.png | voiceless bilabial plosive | English language English | s'''p'''in | [{{IPA|s}}'''{{IPA|p}}'''{{IPA|ɪn}}] | spin |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-b.png | voiced bilabial plosive | English language English | '''b'''ed | ['''{{IPA|b}}'''{{IPA|ɛd}}] | bed (furniture) bed |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-pslash.png | voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese language Japanese | 富士山 ('''f'''ujisan) | ['''{{IPA|ɸ}}'''{{IPA|uʥisaɴ}}] | Mount Fuji |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-B2.png | voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe language Ewe | ɛ'''ʋ'''ɛ | [{{IPA|ɛ̀}}'''{{IPA|β}}'''{{IPA|ɛ̀}}] | Ewe |- | style="text-align:center" | image:IPA-voiced_bilabial_approximant.png | bilabial approximant | Spanish language Spanish | lo'''b'''o | [{{IPA|lo}}'''{{IPA|β̞}}'''{{IPA|o}}] | wolf |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-Bslash.png | bilabial trill | | | | |- | style="text-align:center" | Image:Xsampa-Oslash.png | bilabial click | | | | |} Owere Igbo language Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: {{IPA|[p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ]}}.

See also
* Place of articulation * List of phonetics topics {{Consonants}} Category:Bilabial consonants * ar:Ø´Ù?تاني da:Bilabial de:Bilabial fr:Consonne bilabiale ko:양순ì?Œ ja:両唇音 no:Bilabial konsonant pt:Bilabial ro:Consoană bilabială fi:Bilabiaali sv:Bilabial konsonant zh:å?Œå”‡éŸ³

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