The consonant p is a bilabial sound. From LearnThat.org.
bilabial fricatives. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Yes, it's formed by closing both lips -- 'bilabial' -- rather than using tongue and teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
Paleoglot: Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
I was googling to find out the status of that bilabial trill. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: PIRAHA AND WHORF.] Reference
In reply to sara: You're right, it ISN'T that far to a bilabial stop. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NABOB/NAWAB.] Reference
In these instances, we have a bilabial fricative followed by a resonant. From Wordnik.com. [Defining valid Etruscan word-initial clusters] Reference
Note, by the way, that the Wikipedia page on Mono refers to a "bilabial flap.". From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NEW PHONETIC SYMBOL!] Reference
Many languages have bilabial fricatives such as Irish, Andalusian and Japanese. From Wordnik.com. [Some observations concerning Woodard's The Ancient Languages of Europe] Reference
Either the labialization was absorbed there or the bilabial stops were lenited. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Pre-IE Centralization] Reference
Facts: 1. Etruscan specialist Larissa Bonfante confirms Etruscan f is a bilabial. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
For the bilabial flap in Mono, however, the lower lip flaps against the upper lip. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NEW PHONETIC SYMBOL!] Reference
An alternation between a bilabial and labiodental sound is comparatively less economic. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
If this continues, my name will eventually be a simple voiced aspirated bilabial plosive "b". From Wordnik.com. [The Purple Pod Café.] Reference
There seem to be instances of labialized coronal consonants, but nothing in the bilabial category. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Pre-IE Centralization] Reference
Thus you get names like Shib ('Shiva'), where in other regions you would get Shiv (with a bilabial fricative). From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NABOB/NAWAB.] Reference
However this only affects alveolar stops (see Hickey, Irish English (2007), p.56), not velar or bilabial stops. From Wordnik.com. [Back to business: emphatic particles and verbal extensions] Reference
Perhaps the voiced bilabial plosive suggests the last and energetic verb (I know the withheld verbs create suspense). From Wordnik.com. [God’s Grandeur « Unknowing] Reference
In Arabic, there is no "p" sound (voiceless bilabial plosive), so it is often replaced with a "b" sound (voiced bilabial plosive). From Wordnik.com. [House Votes Overwhelmingly To Condemn MoveOn; Large Majority Of Dems Votes "Aye"] Reference
It was either yesterday or today that I he would come out with a voiced bilabial sputtering, and tonight it developed into true sound play. From Wordnik.com. [How Taiwan Became Chinese] Reference
Point is, if the model is accurate it's like describing how sounds are articulated phonetically, how the/b/sound is a voiced bilabial plosive. From Wordnik.com. [Bukiet on Brooklyn Books] Reference
If there are a million speakers of one language with a bilabial trill, we still have only one language with a bilabial trill and it's still rare. From Wordnik.com. [Winter's Law in Balto-Slavic, "Hybrid Theory" and phonation - Part 1] Reference
B and V are always interchangeable – they both represent a voiced bilabial plosive or its more frequent allophone a voiced bilabial fricative β. From Wordnik.com. [Spanish spelling | Linguism] Reference
A few languages have an alternative pronunciation, called a "bilabial flap", in which the lower lip strikes the upper lip rather than the upper teeth. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: NEW PHONETIC SYMBOL!] Reference
Consider the Etruscan use of letter phi, coding for the aspirate bilabial stop, which tends to mark many Greek loans: Φerse 'Perseus' and Φuipa 'Phoibe'. From Wordnik.com. [The etymology of Latin tofus 'tufa' isn't written in stone] Reference
I also have a strong fondness for the digitally assisted bilabial trill. From Wordnik.com. [Knowledge is Power] Reference
But not the voiceless pɑ: (pa). mɑ: (ma): nasal bilabial gə (guh): plosive velar. From Wordnik.com. [PhiLLy RoLL] Reference
The only distinction relies on the manner of articulation of the bilabial consonant. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands, but Mohombi isn't about furrowing brows, he's about fun with a capital bilabial fricative. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Between vowels b and g have usually been kept, the former as a bilabial spirant: in more popular treatment d has disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
6. Several varieties of Spanish use a same bilabial fricative phoneme. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
I didn’t need any of the fancy ones because I was into the bilabial fricative. From Wordnik.com. [Last Words] Reference
Steph: bilabial fricative. From Wordnik.com. [Odd Feelings About Writing] Reference
Want a bilabial fricative?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-12-01] Reference
Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'. From Wordnik.com. [A tasty bucket of 'chicking'] Reference
Jotham, "but the pronouncing guide substitutes labiodentals for the true bilabial nasals. From Wordnik.com. [Times & Seasons, An Onymous Mormon Blog] Reference
For example, we can think of /w/ as a "more closed" version of /u/ and in turn, a bilabial fricative /β/ is a "more closed" version of /w/. From Wordnik.com. [Concern trolls and the Etruscan bilabial 'f'] Reference
I would say that it's more common for initial /m/ to deround to /n/ or /ŋ/ than vice versa, because this only requires the weakening of bilabial closure. From Wordnik.com. [The hidden binary behind the Japanese numeral system] Reference
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