Voiced bilabial vibrant

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IPA mark ʙ
IPA number 121
IPA character description Latin small capital B
Unicode U + 0299
HTML (dec.) & # 665;
X-SAMPA B\
Kirshenbaum b<trl>

The voiced bilabial vibrant is an oral sound that occurs in only a few human languages .

Occurrence

language word IPA meaning Remarks
Cameroon :
Ngwe [àʙɨ́ ́] 'Ash' in Lebang dialect
Com [ʙ̥ɨmɨ] 'believe'
New Guinea :
Kele [ m ʙulim] 'Face'
titanium [ m ʙutukei] 'Wooden plate'
Amazonia :
Pirahã kaoáí b ogi [kàò̯áí̯ʙòˈɡì] 'bad ghost' Allophone from / b / before / o /
Wari ' [t͡ʙ̥ot͡ʙ̥oweʔ] 'Chicken'

See also

Pulmonary consonants
according to IPA (2005) 		bilabial labio-
dental 		dental alveolar post-
alveolar 		retroflex palatal velar uvular phase-
ryngal 		glottal
stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth. stl. sth.
Plosives ​p​ ​b​ ​t​ ​d​ ​ʈ​ ​ɖ​ ​c​ ​ɟ​ ​k​ ​ɡ​ ​q​ ​ɢ​ ​ʔ​
Nasals ​m​ ​ɱ​ ​n​ ​ɳ​ ​ɲ​ ​ŋ​ ​ɴ​
Vibrants ​ʙ​ ​r​ ​ʀ​
Taps / flaps ​ⱱ​ ​ɾ​ ​ɽ​
Fricatives ​ɸ​ ​β​ ​f​ ​v​ ​θ​ ​ð​ ​s​ ​z​ ​ʃ​ ​ʒ​ ​ʂ​ ​ʐ​ ​ç​ ​ʝ​ ​x​ ​ɣ​ ​χ​ ​ʁ​ ​H​ ​ʕ​ ​H​ ​ɦ​
lateral fricatives ​ɬ​ ​ɮ​
Approximants ​ʋ​ ​ɹ​ ​ɻ​ ​j​ ​w​ ¹
lateral approximants ​l​ ​ɭ​ ​ʎ​ ​ʟ​
¹ The labialised variant [ w ] was inserted here as a voiced velar approximant ( half vowel ) instead of the non-labialised variant [ ɰ ].