The labiodental approximant is the typical realization of pronounced as //v// in the Indian South African variety of English. As the voiceless pronounced as //f// is also realized as an approximant (pronounced as /link/), it is also an example of a language contrasting voiceless and voiced labiodental approximants.
| Language | Word | | Meaning | Notes |
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| Äiwoo | | pronounced as /[ɲiʋeli]/ | 'garden land'[3] | |
| | | pronounced as /[ʋɔski]/ | 'gold' | |
| Assyrian | [[Syriac alphabet|ha'''w'''a]] ܗܘܐ | pronounced as /[hɑːʋɑ]/] | 'wind' | Predominant in the Urmia dialects. For some speakers, pronounced as /link/ is used. Corresponds to pronounced as /link/ in the other varieties. |
| | Catalan; Valencian: [[Catalan alphabet|fa'''v'''a]] | pronounced as /[ˈfɑʋɐ]/ | 'bean' | Allophone of pronounced as //v//. See Catalan phonology |
| Valencian |
| Chinese | Mandarin | 為为 / Chinese: [[Pinyin|'''w'''èi]] | [we̞i]pronounced as /[ʋêi]/ | 'for' | Prevalent in northern dialects. Corresponds to pronounced as //w// in other varieties. |
| Chuvash | аван | [aʋ'an] | 'good, well' | Corresponds to pronounced as //w// in other varieties. |
| Dhivehi | ވަޅު / valhu | [ʋaɭu] | 'well' (noun) | |
| Standard | Danish: [[Danish orthography|'''v'''éd]] | pronounced as /[ʋe̝ːˀð̠˕ˠ]/ | 'know(s)' | Also described as a short plosive pronounced as /link/; rarely realized as a fricative pronounced as /link/ instead. See Danish phonology |
| Standard | Dutch; Flemish: [[Dutch orthography|'''w'''ang]] | pronounced as /[ʋɑŋ]/ | 'cheek' | In southern dialects of the Netherlands realised as bilabial pronounced as /link/. See Dutch phonology |
| | vine | pronounced as /[ʋaɪ̯n]/ | 'vine' | Corresponds to a fricative pronounced as /link/ in other accents. |
| Some speakers | | 'rine' | Mostly idiosyncratic but somewhat dialectal (especially in London and South East England). See English phonology and R-labialization |
| Faroese: [[Faroese alphabet|rø'''ð'''a]] | pronounced as /[ˈɹøːʋa]/ | 'speech' | Word-initial and intervocalic allophone of pronounced as //v//. In the first case, it is in a free variation with a fricative pronounced as /link/. See Faroese phonology |
| Finnish: [[Finnish alphabet|'''v'''au'''v'''a]] | pronounced as /[ˈʋɑu̯ʋɑ]/ | 'baby' | See Finnish phonology |
| | German: [[German orthography|'''w'''as]] | pronounced as /[ʋas]/ | 'what' | Corresponds to pronounced as //v// in Standard German[4] |
| Guarani: a'''v'''añe'ẽ | pronounced as /[ʔãʋ̃ãɲẽˈʔẽ]/ | 'Guaraní language' | Contrasts with pronounced as //w// and pronounced as //ɰ// |
| Hawaiian: [[Hawaiian alphabet|'''w'''iki'''w'''iki]] | pronounced as /[ʋikiʋiki]/ | 'fast' | May also be realized as pronounced as /[w]/ or pronounced as /[v]/. See Hawaiian phonology |
| Hindustani | Hindi | Hindi: [[Hindustani orthography|'''वा'''ला]] | pronounced as /[ʋɑːlɑː]/ | (the) 'one' | Also an allophone of pronounced as //w//. See Hindustani phonology. |
| Urdu | |
| Some speakers | Italian: [[Italian orthography|'''r'''a'''r'''o]] | pronounced as /[ˈʋäːʋo]/ | 'rare' | Rendition alternative to the standard Italian alveolar trill pronounced as /link/, due to individual orthoepic defects and/or regional variations that make the alternative sound more prevalent, notably in South Tyrol (among the Italian-speaking minority), Val d'Aosta (bordering with France) and in parts of the Parma province, more markedly around Fidenza. Other alternative sounds may be a uvular trill pronounced as /link/ or a voiced uvular fricative pronounced as /link/. See Italian phonology. |
| Central Khmer: [[Khmer script|អាវុធ]] / | pronounced as /[ʔɑːʋut]/ | 'weapon' | See Khmer phonology |
| Marathi: [[Devanagari|'''व'''जन]] | pronounced as /[ʋə(d)zən]/ | 'weight' | See Marathi phonology |
| Miyako[5] | pronounced as /[ʋ̩tɑ]/ | 'thick' | May be syllabic. |
| | Norwegian: [[Norwegian alphabet|'''v'''enn]] | pronounced as /[ʋe̞nː]/ | 'friend' | Sometimes realized as a fricative pronounced as /link/. See Norwegian phonology |
| '''ŵ'''anthu | pronounced as /[ʋaⁿtʰu]/ | 'people' | |
| Gurmukhi | | pronounced as /[ʋäːl]/ | 'hair' | |
| Shahmukhi | |
| Russian: [[Russian alphabet|'''в'''олосы]] | pronounced as /[ˈʋʷo̞ɫ̪əs̪ɨ̞]/ | 'hair' | Common realization of pronounced as //v//; contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology |
| [[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|ц'''в'''рчак]] / [[Gaj's Latin alphabet|c'''v'''rčak]] | pronounced as /[t͡sʋř̩ːt͡ʃak]/ | 'cricket' | pronounced as //v// is a phonetic fricative, although it has less frication than pronounced as //f//. However, it does not interact with unvoiced consonants in clusters as a fricative would, and so is considered to be phonologically a sonorant (approximant).[6] |
| Shona: '''v'''anhu | pronounced as /[ʋan̤u]/ | 'people' | Contrasts with pronounced as //v// and pronounced as //w//. |
| Sinhala | | pronounced as /[ʋat̪urə]/ | 'water' | |
| Slovak: [[Slovak alphabet|'''v'''oda]] | | 'water' | Usual realization of pronounced as //v//. See Slovak phonology |
| Slovenian: [[Slovene orthography|'''v'''eter]] | pronounced as /[ˈʋéːt̪ə̀ɾ]/ | 'wind' | Also described as fricative pronounced as /link/. See Slovene phonology |
| Spanish[7] | Chilean | | pronounced as /[äʋˈläɾ]/ | 'to speak' | Allophone of /b/. See Spanish phonology |
| Some speakers | Swedish: [[Swedish alphabet|'''v'''än]] | pronounced as /[ʋɛːn]/ | 'friend' | See Swedish phonology |
| Tamil: [[Tamil script|'''வா'''ய்]] | pronounced as /[ʋɑj]/ | 'mouth' | See Tamil phonology |
| Telugu: [[Telugu script|'''వ'''ల]] | pronounced as /[ʋala]/ | 'net' |
| Ukrainian: [[Ukrainian alphabet|'''в'''ін]] | pronounced as /[ʋin]/ | 'he' | Possible prevocalic realization of pronounced as //w//, most commonly before pronounced as //i//. See Ukrainian phonology |
| Western Frisian: [[West Frisian language|'''w'''êr]] | pronounced as /[ʋɛːr]/ | 'where' | See West Frisian phonology |
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