Labiodental consonant

In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth. The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet International Phonetic Alphabet

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

 are: Notes: # is an allophone of /m/ that occurs before /v/ and /f/. #The stops are not confirmed to exist as separate phonemes in any language. The plosives are sometimes written as ' . Some languages, such as XiNkuna Tsonga, have true labiodental affricates, , as opposed to the bilabial-labiodental affricate of German German language

German is a West Germanic language [i]. ... 

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In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth. The labiodental 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
	voiceless labiodental plosive
	voiced labiodental plosive
	labiodental nasal	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	symphony1	]	symphony
	voiceless labiodental fricative	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	fan	[fæn]	fan
	voiced labiodental fricative	English English language English is a widely distributed language that originated in England [i] but is now the primary language ...	van	[væn]	van Van A van is a vehicle used for transport [i]ing goods or groups of people....
	labiodental approximant	Dutch Dutch language Dutch is a West Germanic [i] language [i] spoken by around 22 million people, mainly in the Netherlands [i] ...	wang	[]	cheek Cheek The Cheeks are the fleshy area of the face [i] below the eyes [i] and between the nose [i] and the left ...

Notes:

1. is an allophone of /m/ that occurs before /v/ and /f/.
2. The stops are not confirmed to exist as separate phonemes in any language.
   

The plosives are sometimes written as . Some languages, such as XiNkuna Tsonga, have true labiodental affricates, , as opposed to the bilabial-labiodental affricate of German German language

German is a West Germanic language [i]. ... 

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• Place of articulation Place of articulation
  
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