| Places of articulation |
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• Labial |
| Bilabial |
| Labial-velar |
| Labial-alveolar |
| Labiodental |
| Dentolabial |
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• Bidental |
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• Coronal |
| Linguolabial |
| Interdental |
| Dental |
| Denti-alveolar |
| Alveolar |
| Apical |
| Laminal |
| Subapical |
| Postalveolar |
| Alveolo-palatal |
| Retroflex |
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• Dorsal |
| Palatal |
| Labial-palatal |
| Velar |
| Uvular |
| Uvular-epiglottal |
|
• Radical |
| Pharyngeal |
| Epiglotto-pharyngeal |
| Epiglottal |
|
• Glottal |
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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 | |||
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bilabial nasal | English | man | man | |
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voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | spin | |
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voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | bed | |
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voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | Mount Fuji | |
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voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe | ɛʋɛ | Ewe | |
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bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | wolf | |
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bilabial trill | ||||
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bilabial click | Nǀu | ʘoe | meat | |
Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: . Approximately 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants at all; these include Tlingit, Chipewyan, Oneida, and Wichita [1].
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