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Bilabial consonant
In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| bilabial nasal | English | man | ['æn] | man |
| voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | [spɪn] | spin |
| voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | [bɛd] | bed |
| voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | [ɸuʝisaɴ] | Mount Fuji |
| voiced bilabial fricative | Dutch | waar | [βaɾ] | authentic |
| voiced bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | [loβ̞o] | wolf | |
| bilabial trill | ||||
| bilabial click | ||||
See also
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