| Ipa Symbol: | bβ |
The voiced bilabial affricate (pronounced as /[b͡β]/ in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a bilabial stop pronounced as /[b]/ and released as a voiced bilabial fricative pronounced as /[β]/. It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language.
Features of the voiced bilabial affricate:
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banjun[1] | ||||||
| rub | pronounced as /[ˈɹ̠ɐˑb͡β]/ | 'rub' | Sporadic allophone of pronounced as //b//. See English phonology | |||
| Rare allophone of pronounced as //b//. See English phonology | ||||||
| pronounced as /[ˈɹ̠ʊˑb͡β]/ | Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of pronounced as //b//. See English phonology | |||||
| boko | pronounced as /[ˈb͡βo̽ko̽]/ | 'small intestine' | Possible realization of pronounced as //β//. See Shipibo phonology. | |||
| Ngiti | abvɔ | pronounced as /[āb͡βɔ̄]/ | 'thorny vine' | Rarely [bβ] more commonly [{{IPA link|b̪v}}] | ||
pronounced as /navigation/