| Above: | Voiced labiodental plosive |
| Ipa Number: | 102 408 |
| Ipa Symbol: | b̪ |
| Ipa Symbol2: | ȸ |
| Decimal1: | 98 |
| Decimal2: | 810 |
| X-Sampa: | b_d |
| Kirshenbaum: | b[|braille=b |braille2=6 |braille3=1456 ] |
The voiced labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a pronounced as /[b]/, but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in pronounced as /[v]/. This can be represented in the IPA as (IPA|b̪). A separate symbol that is sometimes seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, but not recognized by the IPA, is the db ligature (IPA|ȸ).
The voiced labiodental plosive is not known to be phonemic in any language. However, it does occur allophonically:
In the Austronesian language Sika, this sound occurs as an allophone of the labiodental flap in careful pronunciation.
The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, pronounced as /[p̪͡f]/ (voiceless labiodental affricate) and pronounced as /[b̪͡v]/ (voiced labiodental affricate).
Features of the "voiced labiodental stop":
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Danish: [[Danish orthography|'''v'''ed]] | pronounced as /[b̪̆e̝ːˀð̠˕ˠ]/ | 'know(s)' | Rather short; also described as an approximant pronounced as /link/. A rare alternative is a fricative pronounced as /link/. See Danish phonology. | ||
| subversive | pronounced as /[sʌb̪ˈvɚsɪv]/ | 'subversive' | Common allophone of pronounced as //b// before the labiodentals pronounced as //f// and pronounced as //v// (although it is also possible for the labiodentals to shift to bilabial pronounced as /[ɸ]/ and pronounced as /[β]/, respectively, instead). | |||
| Ibanag | bavi | [bab̪ᵛiː] | ˈpig/pork' | Slightly affricated; allophonic variant of /v/ for some elderly speakers, especially those who lack front teeth. May be a flap /ⱱ/ instead. | ||
| Allophone of pronounced as /link/ in careful pronunciation. | ||||||
| Slovene | Slovenian: [[Slovene orthography|o'''b''' vodi]]|italic=yes | pronounced as /[ob̪‿ˈʋɔ̀ːdí]/ | 'by the water' | Allophone of pronounced as //b// before pronounced as //f, ʋ//. See Slovene phonology. | ||
pronounced as /navigation/