Voiced labiodental approximant

IPA mark	ʋ
IPA number	150
IPA character description	Latin lower case v with hook
Unicode	U + 028B
HTML (dec.)	& # 651;
X-SAMPA	P oder v\
Kirshenbaum	r<lbd>
Audio sample ? / i [ ʋa ʔaʋa ]

The voiced labiodental approximant (a voiced approximant formed with the lower lip and teeth ) is a consonant in which a tightness is formed between the lower lip and the upper teeth, but without making any noise .

The sound occurs among other things in languages ​​of the Indian subcontinent such as Tamil , in Danish , Norwegian and Finnish as well as in Dutch .

Even the German is in some regions the / ⁠ v / ⁠ as labiodental approximant [⁠ ʋ ⁠] pronounced.

The voiced labiodental approximant has the following phonetic and orthographic realizations in different languages :

• Dutch [⁠ ʋ ⁠] : W, w
  • Examples: w ater water , w aw true

• Hawaiian [⁠ ʋ ⁠] : W, w (only for front vowels )
  • Example: w iki w iki [ ʋikiʋiki ] fast

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 ].