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Bilabials or Bilabial consonants are a type of sound that are made with both lips (bilabial) and by partially stopping the air coming from the mouth when the sound is pronounced (consonant). For example, [p] is bilabial, but [f] is not. Bilabial consonants are a type of sound in a group of consonant labials composed of both lips (bilabial) and by pausing the air from the mouth when the sound is called (consonant).
There are eight bilabial consonants used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
| IPA | Name | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Word | Word Sound in IPA | Meaning | ||
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bilabial nasal | English | man | [mæn] | man |
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voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | [spɪn] | spin |
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voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | [bɛd] | bed |
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voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | [ɸuʑisaɴ] | Mount Fuji |
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voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe | ɛʋɛ | [ɛ̀βɛ̀] | Ewe |
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bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | [loβ̞o] | wolf |
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bilabial trill | ||||
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bilabial click | Nǀu | ʘoe | [ʘoe] | meat |