Voiceless labial–alveolar plosive explained

Above:	Voiceless labial–alveolar plosive
Ipa Symbol:	t͡p
Ipa Symbol2:	t̪͡p

The voiceless labial–alveolar plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. It is a pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is pronounced as /⟨t͡p⟩/.

Features

Features of the voiceless labial–alveolar plosive are:

Its place of articulation is labial–alveolar, which means that it is simultaneously articulated with the front part of the tongue against the alveolar ridge and the lips.

Occurrence

!Language!Dialect!Word!IPA!Meaning!Notes
Abkhaz^[1] ^[2]					In free variation with [tʰʷ]; contrasts /t͡pʰ, d͡b, t͡pʼ/. See Abkhaz phonology.
Lak	Some dialects				Contrasts /t͡p, d͡b, t͡pʼ/.
Nzema^[3]					Contrasts /t͡p, d͡b/.
Ubykh					Was in free variation with [tʷ], had merged with /p/ in Karacalar dialect; contrasted /t͡p, d͡b, t͡pʼ/. See Ubykh phonology.
Yele^[4]		[[Yele_language#Orthography\|'''tp'''ili]]	pronounced as /[t̪͡pili]/	'sea' (women's term)	Contrasts voiceless labial–retroflex plosive.
		[[Yele_language#Orthography\|'''tp'''꞉ee]]	pronounced as /[t̪͡pɛ̃ː]/	'child'

References

pronounced as /navigation/

Notes and References

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Catford . J. C. . 1977 . Mountain of Tongues: The Languages of the Caucasus . Annual Review of Anthropology . 6 . 290 . 10.1146/annurev.an.06.100177.001435 . 9780824319069 . Bernard J. . Siegel .
Berry. J.. 1955. Some Notes on the Phonology of the Nzema and Ahanta Dialects. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. en. 17. 1. 160–165. 10.1017/S0041977X00106421. 162551544 . 1474-0699.
Book: Levinson . Stephen C. . A Grammar of Yélî Dnye: The Papuan Language of Rossel Island . 23 May 2022 . De Gruyter . 10.1515/9783110733853 . 978-3-11-073385-3 . 249083265 . 16 January 2023.