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{{Redirect-distinguish2|Labial stop|a [[labiodental stop]]}} In [[phonetics]] and [[phonology]], a '''bilabial stop''' is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence [[bilabial consonant|bilabial]]), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a [[stop consonant]]). The most common sounds are the stops {{IPA|[p]}} and {{IPA|[b]}}, as in English ''pit'' and ''bit'', and the voiced nasal {{IPA|[m]}}. <ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=An Introduction to English Phonetics|last=Ogden|first=Richard|date=2017|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=9781474411752|jstor=10.3366/j.ctt1g0b2j9}}</ref> More generally, several kinds are distinguished: * {{IPA|[p]}}, [[voiceless bilabial plosive]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~krussll/phonetics/articulation/describing-consonants.html|title=Describing consonants|website=home.cc.umanitoba.ca|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> * {{IPA|[b]}}, [[voiced bilabial plosive]] * {{IPA|[m]}}, [[voiced bilabial nasal]] * {{IPA|[m̥]}}, [[voiceless bilabial nasal]] * {{IPA|[ɓ]}}, [[voiced bilabial implosive]] * {{IPA|[pʼ]}}, [[bilabial ejective]] (rare) * {{IPA|[ɓ̥]}} or {{IPA|[pʼ↓]}}, [[voiceless bilabial implosive]] (very rare)
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