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 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 ].