Bilabial consonant

Places of articulation
Labial consonant
Bilabial consonant
Labiodental consonant
Linguolabial consonant
Coronal consonant
Interdental consonant
Dental consonant
Retroflex consonant
Alveolar consonant
Postalveolar consonant
Alveolo-palatal consonant
Dorsal consonant
Palatal consonant
Labial-palatal consonant
Velar consonant
Labial-velar consonant
Uvular consonant
Pharyngeal consonant
Epiglottal consonant
Glottal consonant


In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips.

The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


IPA SymbolNameExampleMeaning
p Voiceless bilabial plosive English [phæd] pad
b Voiced bilabial plosive English [bɛd] bed
m Bilabial nasal English [gʌm] gum
ʙ Bilabial trill
ɸ Voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese [ɸuʝisaɴ] 富士山 Fujisan (="Mount Fuji")
β Voiced bilabial fricative Dutch [βaaɾ] waar (="authentic")
β̞ Voiced bilabial approximant Spanish [kaβ̞o] cabo (="stub")
ʘ Bilabial click


See also

ar:شفتاني


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