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==Varieties== The bilabial consonants identified by the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] (IPA) are: {|class=wikitable |- ! rowspan="2" | IPA ! rowspan="2" | Description ! colspan="4" | Example |- ! Language ! Orthography ! IPA ! Meaning |- ! {{IPA|m̥}} | [[voiceless bilabial nasal]] | [[Hmong language|Hmong]] | {{lang|hmn|'''Hm'''oob}} | {{IPA|[m̥ɔ̃́]}} | Hmong |- ! {{IPA|m}} | [[voiced bilabial nasal]] | [[English language|English]] | '''m'''an | {{IPA|['''m'''æn]}} | man |- ! {{IPA|p}} | [[voiceless bilabial plosive]] | [[English language|English]] | s'''p'''in | {{IPA|[s'''p'''ɪn]}} | spin |- ! {{IPA|b}} | [[voiced bilabial plosive]] | [[English language|English]] | '''b'''ed | {{IPA|['''b'''ɛd]}} | bed |- ! {{IPA|p͜ɸ}} | [[voiceless bilabial affricate]] |[[Kaingang language|Kaingang]]{{sfnp|Jolkesky|2009|pp=680-681}} | {{lang|kgp|'''f'''y}} | {{IPA|[ˈp͜ɸɤ]}} | 'seed' |- ! {{IPA|b͜β}} | [[voiced bilabial affricate]] | [[Shipibo language|Shipibo]]{{sfnp|Valenzuela|Márquez Pinedo|Maddieson|2001|p=}} | {{lang|shp|'''b'''oko}} | {{IPA|[ˈb͜βo̽ko̽]}} | '[[small intestine]]' |- ! {{IPA|ɸ}} | [[voiceless bilabial fricative]] | [[Japanese language|Japanese]] | {{lang|ja|富士山}} ({{Transliteration|ja|'''f'''ujisan}}) | {{IPA|['''ɸ'''ɯʑisaɴ]}} | [[Mount Fuji]] |- ! {{IPA|β}} | [[voiced bilabial fricative]] | [[Ewe language|Ewe]] | {{lang|ee|ɛ'''ʋ'''ɛ}} | {{IPA|[ɛ̀'''β'''ɛ̀]}} | Ewe |- ! {{IPA|β̞}} | [[bilabial approximant]] | [[Spanish language|Spanish]] | {{lang|es|lo'''b'''o}} | {{IPA|[lo'''β̞'''o]}} | wolf |- ! {{IPA|ⱱ̟}} | [[voiced bilabial flap]] | [[Mono language (Congo)|Mono]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Olson|2004|p=233}}</ref> | {{lang|mnh|'''vw'''a}} | {{IPA|[ⱱ̟a]}} | 'send' |- ! {{IPA|ʙ̥}} | [[voiceless bilabial trill]] | [[Pará Arára language|Pará Arára]]<ref>{{Cite thesis|last=de Souza|first=Isaac Costa|title=A Phonological Description of "Pet Talk" in Arara|type=MA|chapter=3|chapter-url=http://www-01.sil.org/americas/brasil/publcns/ling/ARPetTlk.pdf|year=2010|publisher=SIL Brazil|access-date=2014-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012055939/http://www-01.sil.org/americas/brasil/publcns/ling/ARPetTlk.pdf|archive-date=2013-10-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> |colspan=2 | {{IPA|[ʙ̥uta]}} | 'to throw away' |- ! {{IPA|ʙ}} | [[voiced bilabial trill]] | [[Nias language|Nias]] | {{lang|nia|si'''mb'''i}} | {{IPA|[si'''ʙ'''i]}} | lower jaw |- ! {{IPA|pʼ}} | [[bilabial ejective stop]] | [[Adyghe language|Adyghe]] | {{lang|ady|'''п'''Ӏэ}} | {{IPA|['''pʼ'''a]}} | meat |- ! {{IPA|ɸʼ}} | [[bilabial ejective fricative]] | [[Yuchi language|Yuchi]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Crawford|first=James M.|year=1973|title=Yuchi Phonology|journal=International Journal of American Linguistics|volume=39|issue=3|pages=173–179|doi=10.1086/465261|s2cid=224808560}}</ref> | {{lang|yuc|'''ḟ'''asę}} | {{IPA|['''ɸ’'''asẽ]}} |{{gloss|good evening!}} |- ! {{IPA|ɓ̥}} | [[voiceless bilabial implosive]] | [[Serer language|Serer]] | {{example needed|date=July 2023}} | | |- ! {{IPA|ɓ}} | [[voiced bilabial implosive]] | [[Jamaican Patois]] | {{lang|jam|'''b'''eat}} | {{IPA|['''ɓ'''iːt]}} | beat |- ! {{IPA|k͡ʘ q͡ʘ<br>ɡ͡ʘ ɢ͡ʘ<br>ŋ͡ʘ ɴ͡ʘ}} | [[bilabial click]]s (many distinct consonants) | [[Nǁng language|Nǁng]] | {{lang|ngh|'''ʘ'''oe}} | {{IPA|['''k͡ʘ'''oe]}} | meat |} Owere [[Igbo language|Igbo]] has a six-way contrast among bilabial stops: {{IPA|[p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ]}}.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
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