Voiced bilabial fricative

The '''voiced bilabial fricative''' is a type of [[consonant]]al sound, used in some [[Speech communication|spoken]] [[language]]s. The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents this sound is {{IPA|⟨β⟩}}, and the equivalent [[X-SAMPA]] symbol is ⟨B⟩. The symbol {{IPA|⟨β⟩}} is the [[Greek alphabet|Greek letter]] [[beta (letter)|beta]]. This symbol is also sometimes used to represent the [[bilabial approximant]], though that is more clearly written with the lowering diacritic, {{IPA|⟨β̞⟩}}. The bilabial fricative is diachronically unstable and is likely to shift to {{IPA|[v]}}. In the [[English language]], this sound is not used, but can be made by approximating the normal "v" sound between the two lips. ==Features== Features of the voiced bilabial fricative: {{fricative}} {{bilabial}} {{voiced}} {{oral}} {{central-lateral}} {{pulmonic}} ==Occurrence== In the following transcriptions, the undertack diacritic may be used to indicate an [[approximant consonant|approximant]] {{IPA|[β̞]}}. {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2"|Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]!! Meaning !! Notes |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Akei language|Akei]] || colspan="2" align="center"| {{IPA|[βati]}} || align="center"| 'four' || |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Alekano language|Alekano]] || align="center"| {{lang|gah-Latn|[[Latin alphabet|''hanu'''v'''a'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[hɑnɯβɑ]}} || align="center"| 'nothing'|| |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Amharic language|Amharic]] || align="center"| {{lang|am-Ethi|[[Ge'ez alphabet|አበባ]]}}|| align="center"| {{IPA|[aβəβa]}} || align="center"| 'flower' || |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Angor language|Angor]] || align="center"| {{lang|agg-Latn|[[Latin alphabet|''fu'''f'''ung'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[ɸuβuŋ]}}|| align="center"| 'horn' || |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Basque language|Basque]]||align="center"| {{lang|bas|[[Basque alphabet|''ala'''b'''a'']]}} ||align="center"| {{IPA|[alaβa]}}||align="center"| 'daughter' || Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}}. |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Berta language|Berta]] || colspan="2" align="center"| {{IPA|[βɑ̀lɑ̀ːziʔ]}}|| align="center"| 'no' || |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Catalan language|Catalan]]||align="center"| {{lang|ca|[[Catalan orthography|''re'''b'''ost'']]}} ||align="center"| {{IPA|[rəˈβɔst]}}||align="center"| 'larder' || Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}}. See [[Catalan phonology]] |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Dahalo language|Dahalo]] || colspan="2" align="center"| {{IPA|[koːβo]}}|| align="center"| 'to want' || |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Ewe language|Ewe]] || align="center"| {{lang|ee-Latn|[[Latin alphabet|''E'''ʋ'''e'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[ɛβɛ]}}|| align="center"| 'Ewe language' || |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Japanese language|Japanese]] || align="center"| {{lang|ja-Hani|[[Kanji|神戸市]]}}/{{lang|ja-Latn|[[Romanization of Japanese|''kō'''b'''e-shi'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[koːβe ɕi]}}|| align="center"| '[[Kobe]]'|| Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}}. Only in fast speech between vowels. See [[Japanese phonology]] |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]] || align="center"|{{lang|kab|[[Berber Latin alphabet|'''''b'''ri'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[βri]}}|| align="center"| 'to cut' || |- | align="center"|[[Occitan language|Occitan]]|| align="center"| [[Gascon language|Gascon]] || align="center"| {{lang|oci-Latn|[[Latin alphabet|''la-'''v'''etz'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[laβets]}}|| align="center"| 'then' || Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}}. |- | align="center"| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] || align="center"|[[European Portuguese|European]] ||align="center"| {{lang|pt|[[Portuguese orthography|''sá'''b'''ado'']]}} ||align="center"| {{IPA|[ˈsaβɐðu]}}||align="center"| 'Saturday'|| Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}} in northern and central dialects. See [[Portuguese phonology]] |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Riverense Portuñol language|Riverense Portuñol]] || align="center"| [[Latin alphabet|''bra'''b'''o'']] || align="center"| {{IPA|[bɾaβo]}}|| align="center"| 'angry' || Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}}. |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Turkmen language|Turkmen]] || align="center"| {{lang|tk|[[Turkmen alphabet|'''''w'''atan'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[βatan]}}|| align="center"| 'country' || |- | align="center"| [[Zapotec language|Zapotec]]||align="center"| [[Tilquiapan Zapotec|Tilquiapan]]||align="center"| {{example needed}}||align="center"| ||align="center"| ''|| Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}} |} Bilabial approximant= The '''voiced bilabial approximant''' is a type of [[consonant]]al sound, used in some spoken [[language]]s. The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents this sound is {{IPA|β̞}}, and the equivalent [[X-SAMPA]] symbol is B_o. The IPA symbol is created by adding a [[lowered (phonetics)|lowering]] diacritic to the symbol for the voiced bilabial fricative. ==Features== Features of the bilabial approximant: {{approximant}} {{bilabial}} {{voiced}} {{oral}} {{central-lateral}} {{pulmonic}} == Occurrence == {| class="wikitable" ! colspan="2"| Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]!! Meaning !! Notes |- | align="center"| [[Dutch language|Dutch]]||align="center"| Some [[Belgian Dutch|Belgian]] and South Dutch dialects ||align="center"| {{lang|nl|[[Dutch orthography|'''''w'''ang'']]}} ||align="center"| {{IPA|[β̞ɑŋ]}}||align="center"| 'cheek'|| See [[Dutch phonology]] |- | colspan="2" align="center"| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]|| align="center"| {{lang|es|[[Spanish orthography|''la'''v'''a'']]}} || align="center"| {{IPA|[ˈlaβ̞a]}}|| align="center"| 'lava' || Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}}. See [[Spanish phonology]] |} ==See also== * [[List of phonetics topics]] {{IPA navigation}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Voiced Bilabial Fricative}}