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Bilabial ejective
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The bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is pʼ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p_>.
| IPA - Unicode | pʼ |
| IPA - image | |
| X-SAMPA | p_> |
| Kirshenbaum | p` |
| Con-68b.wav | |
|---|---|
Features
Features of the bilabial ejective:
- Its manner of articulation is plosive or stop, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract.
- Its place of articulation is bilabial which means it is articulated with both lips,
- Its phonation type is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
- It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the center of the tongue, rather than the sides.
- The airstream mechanism is glottalic egressive, which means it is produced by pushing air out of the glottis, rather than from the lungs.
See also
Last updated: 07-19-2005 03:14:40
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