Bilabial consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lip Lip

Lips are a visible organ at the mouth of humans and many animals.... 

s. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation [i] devised ... 

  are: Owere Igbo Igbo language

Igbo is a language spoken in Nigeria [i] by around 18 million speakers , especially in the southeastern ... 

 has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: .

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In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lip Lip

Lips are a visible organ at the mouth of humans and many animals.... 

s. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of phonetic notation [i] devised ... 

  are:

IPA	Description	Example
		Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
	bilabial nasal	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	man	[]	man Man For the history and usage of the word "man", see man [i] ...
	voiceless bilabial plosive	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	spin	[]	spin
	voiced bilabial plosive	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	bed	[]	bed Bed A bed is a piece of furniture or location primarily used or intended for sleep [i]ing upon, but which ca ...
	voiceless bilabial fricative	Japanese Japanese language Japanese is a language spoken by over 127 million people, mainly in Japan [i], but also by Japanese emi ...	???	[]	Mount Fuji Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan [i]. ...
	voiced bilabial fricative	Ewe	???	[]	Ewe
	bilabial approximant	Spanish Spanish language Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language [i]. ...	lobo	[]	wolf Gray Wolf The Gray Wolf is a mammal [i] in the order Carnivora [i]. ...
	bilabial trill
	bilabial click

Owere Igbo Igbo language

Igbo is a language spoken in Nigeria [i] by around 18 million speakers , especially in the southeastern ... 

 has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: .

See also

• Place of articulation Place of articulation
  
  In articulatory phonetics [i], the place of articulation of a consonant [i] is the point of contact, wh ... 
  
  
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