Voiced bilabial nasal

IPA mark	m
IPA number	114
IPA character description	Latin minuscule m
Unicode	U + 006D (m)
HTML (dec.)	& # 109;
X-SAMPA	m
Kirshenbaum	m
Audio sample ? / i [ ma ʔama ]

A voiced bilabial nasal is a consonant in which the mouth is closed at the lips when it is articulated and all air escapes through the nose when the vocal cords vibrate.

Phonetic and orthographic realization of the voiced bilabial nasal in different languages:

• German [⁠ m ⁠] : M, m
  • Examples: M from [ ˈmaʊ̯s ], A mm e [ ˈʔamə ]
• English [⁠ m ⁠] : M, m
  • Examples: m any [ ˈmeni ], la m b [ ˈlæm ], su mm er [ ˈsʌməɹ ]
• French [⁠ m ⁠] : M, m, unless the nasalization of the preceding vowel needed.
  • Examples: m ieux [ mjø ], ho mm e [ ɔm ]
• Italian [⁠ m ⁠] : M, m
  • Example: m a mm a [ ˈmamːa ]
• Russian [⁠ m ⁠] : М, м
• Spanish [⁠ m ⁠] : M, m .
  • Examples: m ás [ mas ], a m a [ ˈama ]
• Arabic [⁠ m ⁠] : م [mim]

See also

• consonant
• Nasal (phonetics)
• Bilabial
• Voicing

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 ].