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==Occurrence== {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2| Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! Meaning !! Notes |- |colspan=2| [[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]] || [[Abkhaz alphabet|а'''у'''аҩы]]/awawë ||{{IPA|[awaˈɥə]}} || 'human' || See [[Abkhaz phonology]] |- |[[Alemannic German|Alemannic]] || [[Bernese German]] || {{lang|als|Gie'''l'''}} ||{{IPA|[ɡ̊iə̯w]}} || 'boy' || Allophone of {{IPAblink|l}} |- | [[Arabic language|Arabic]] || [[Modern Standard Arabic|Modern Standard]]{{sfnp|Watson|2002|p=13}} || {{lang|ar|[[Arabic alphabet|وَرْد]]|rtl=yes}}/ward ||{{IPA|[ward]}} || 'rose' || See [[Arabic phonology]] |- | colspan="2" | [[Assamese language|Assamese]] || [[Assamese alphabet|ৱাশ্বিংটন]]/Wašińton ||{{IPA|[wasiŋtɔn]}} || '[[Washington (disambiguation)|Washington]]' || |- |colspan=2| [[Basque language|Basque]] || {{lang|eu|[[Basque alphabet|la'''u''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[law]}} || 'four' || |- |colspan=2| [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]] || {{lang|be|[[Belarusian alphabet|во'''ў'''к]]}}/voŭk ||{{IPA|[vɔwk]}}|| 'wolf' || See [[Belarusian phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || {{lang|bn|[[Bengali alphabet|ওয়াদা]]}}/wada ||{{IPA|[wada]}} || 'promise' || Fortitional allophone of the semivowels {{IPAblink|o̯}} and {{IPAblink|u̯}}, especially in loan words. See [[Bengali phonology]] |- | colspan="2" |[[Berber languages|Berber]] |{{lang|ber|ⴰ'''ⵡ'''ⴰⵍ}}/äwäl |{{IPA|[æwæl]}} |'speech' | |- | colspan="2" | [[Breton language|Breton]]||{{lang|br|na'''v'''}} || {{IPA|[ˈnaw]}} || 'nine' |- |rowspan=3| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]] || Colloquial || rowspan=2| {{lang|bg|[[Bulgarian alphabet|'''л'''опата]]}}/lopata || rowspan=2| {{IPA|[wo'patɐ]}} || rowspan=2| 'shovel' || Contemporary pronunciation of /{{IPAlink|ɫ}}/, an ongoing [[sound change]]. See [[Bulgarian phonology]]. |- | Pernik dialects || This dialect has a long-standing tradition of pronouncing /ɫ/ as /w/, similar to the Polish language. Independent of the similar sound change happening in the standard language. |- | Standard Bulgarian || {{lang|bg|[[Bulgarian alphabet|'''у'''иски]]}}/uiski ||{{IPA|['wisk̟i]}} || 'whiskey' || Appears in borrowings. See [[Bulgarian phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Catalan language|Catalan]]{{sfnp|Carbonell|Llisterri|1992|p=55}} || {{lang|ca|[[Catalan orthography|q'''u'''art]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkwɑɾt]}} || 'fourth' || Post-lexically after {{IPA|/k/}} and {{IPA|/ɡ/}}. See [[Catalan phonology]] |- |rowspan=2| [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || [[Cantonese Chinese|Cantonese]] || {{lang|zh-Hani|[[Chinese characters|挖]]}}/{{lang|zh-Latn|[[Yale romanization of Cantonese|'''w'''aat]]|italic=yes}} || {{Audio-IPA|Yue-waat3.ogg|[wɑːt̚˧]|help=no}} ||rowspan=2| 'dig' || See [[Cantonese phonology]] |- | [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]] || {{lang|zh-Hani|[[Chinese characters|挖]]}}/{{lang|zh-Latn|[[Pinyin|'''w'''ā]]}} || {{Audio-IPA|Zh-wa.ogg|[wa̠˥]|help=no}} || See [[Mandarin phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Danish language|Danish]] || {{lang|da|[[Danish orthography|ha'''v''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[hɑw]}} || 'ocean' || Allophone of {{IPAblink|v}} |- |rowspan=2| [[Dutch language|Dutch]] || Colloquial || {{lang|nl|[[Dutch alphabet|kou'''w'''e]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkʌu̯wə]}} || 'cold' || Lenited allophone of {{IPA|/d/}} after {{IPA|/ʌu̯/}}. See [[Dutch phonology]] |- | Standard [[Surinamese Dutch|Surinamese]] || {{lang|nl|[[Dutch alphabet|'''w'''elp]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[wɛɫp]}} || 'cub' || May also occur in this context in some continental Dutch accents and/or dialects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/ndb/soundbites.php?p=E041p|title=Recording dialect from Egmond aan Zee (Bergen), North Holland)|website=www.meertens.knaw.nl|access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsnQaXSuMso&t=97s|title=Recording and video from dialect of Katwijk, South Holland|website=YouTube |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> Corresponds to {{IPAblink|ʋ}} in most of the Netherlands and to {{IPAblink|β̞}} in Belgium and (southern) parts of the Netherlands. See [[Dutch phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[English language|English]] || {{lang|en|[[English orthography|'''w'''eep]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[wiːp]}} || 'weep' || See [[English phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[French language|French]]{{sfnp|Fougeron|Smith|1993|p=75}} || {{lang|fr|[[French orthography|'''ou'''i]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[wi]}} || 'yes' || See [[French phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[German language|German]] || {{lang|de|[[German orthography|Q'''u'''elle]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[kweːlə]}} || 'source' || Some regions {{citation needed|date=September 2022}} |- |colspan=2| [[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]{{sfnp|Pukui|Elbert|1986|p=xvii}} || {{lang|haw|[[Hawaiian alphabet|'''w'''iki'''w'''iki]]}} || {{IPA|[wikiwiki]}} || 'fast' || May also be realized as {{IPA|[v]}}. See [[Hawaiian phonology]] |- | [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || [[Mizrahi Hebrew|Mizrahi]] || {{lang|he|[[Hebrew orthography|כּוֹחַ]]|rtl=yes}}/kowaḥ ||{{IPA|[ˈkowaħ]}} || 'power' || See [[Modern Hebrew phonology]] |- |rowspan=2|[[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]{{sfnp|Ladefoged|2005|p=141}} |[[Hindi]] |{{lang|hi|[[Devanāgarī|विश्'''वा'''स/višwas]]}} |rowspan=2|{{IPA|[ʋɪʃwaːs]}} |rowspan=2|'believe' |rowspan=2|See [[Hindustani phonology]] |- |[[Urdu language|Urdu]] |{{lang|ur|[[nasta'liq|višwas/وش'''و'''اس]]|rtl=yes}} |- |colspan=2| [[Irish language|Irish]] || {{lang|ga|[[Irish orthography|'''v'''óta]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈwoːt̪ˠə]}} || 'vote' || See [[Irish phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Italian language|Italian]]{{sfnp|Rogers|d'Arcangeli|2004|p=117}} || {{lang|it|[[Italian alphabet|'''u'''omo]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈwɔːmo]}} || 'man' || See [[Italian phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]] || {{lang|kbd|[[Cyrillic script|'''у'''э]]}}/wa ||{{Audio-IPA|Уэ.ogg|[wa]}} || 'you' || |- |colspan=2| [[Kazakh language|Kazakh]] || {{lang|kk|[[Cyrillic script|а'''у'''а]]}}/awa ||[awa] || 'air' || |- |colspan=2| [[Korean language|Korean]] || {{lang|ko-Hang|[[Hangul|왜가리]]}}/{{lang|ko-Latn|[[Revised Romanization of Korean|'''w'''aegari]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[wɛɡɐɾi]}} || 'heron' || See [[Korean phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Lao language|Lao]] || {{lang|lo|[[Lao script|ຫວານ]]}}/{{lang|lo-Latn|'''w'''an}} || {{IPA|[wǎːn]}} || 'sweet' || See [[Lao phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]{{sfnp|Gilles|Trouvain|2013|pp=67, 69}} || {{lang|lb|z'''w'''ee|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[t͡swe̝ː]}} || 'two' || Allophone of {{IPA|/v/}} after {{IPA|/k, t͡s, ʃ/}}.{{sfnp|Gilles|Trouvain|2013|p=69}} See [[Luxembourgish phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Malay language|Malay]] || {{lang|ms|[[Malay alphabet|'''w'''ang]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[waŋ]}} || 'money' || |- |colspan=2| [[Malayalam]] |ഉവ്വ/uvva |{{IPA|[uwːɐ]}} |'Yes' |/ʋ/ around rounded vowels for some speakers. |- |[[Mayan languages|Mayan]] |[[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec]] |'''w'''itz |{{IPA|[wit͡s]}} |'mountain' | |- |colspan=2| [[Mongolian language|Mongol]] |га'''в'''ал/ᠭᠠᠪᠠᠯᠠ |{{IPA|[ɢaw̜əɮ]}} |'skull' | |- |colspan=2| [[Nepali language|Nepali]] ||{{lang|Ne|[[Devanāgarī|हा'''वा'''/hawa]]|rtl=yes}}||{{IPA|[ɦäwä]}}|| '[[wind]]' ||See [[Nepali phonology]] |- | colspan="2" | [[Odia language|Odia]]{{sfnp|Masica|1991|p=107}} || [[Odia script|ଅଗ୍ରୱାଲ୍]]/ogrowal ||{{IPA|[ɔgɾɔwäl]}} || 'Agrawal' || |- |colspan=2| [[Pashto language|Pashto]] || {{lang|ps|[[Perso-Arabic alphabet|ﻭﺍﺭ]]|rtl=yes}}/war ||{{IPA|[wɑr]}} || 'one time' || |- |rowspan=2| [[Persian language|Persian]] || [[Dari]] || {{lang|fa|[[Perso-Arabic alphabet|وَ'''رزِش''']]|rtl=yes}}/warziš ||{{IPA|[warzɪʃ]}} || 'sport' || may approach [[/ʋ/]] in some regional dialects. |- | [[Iranian Persian]] || {{lang|fa|[[Perso-Arabic alphabet|نَو]]|rtl=yes}}/now || {{IPA|[now]}} || 'new' || Only as a diphthong or colloquially. |- |colspan=2| [[Polish language|Polish]]{{sfnp|Jassem|2003|p=103}} || {{lang|pl|[[Polish orthography|'''ł'''aska]]|italic=yes}} || {{Audio-IPA|Pl-łaska.ogg|[ˈwäskä]}} || 'grace' || See [[Polish phonology]]. Corresponds to {{IPA|[ɫ]}} in older pronunciation and eastern dialects |- |rowspan=3| [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]{{sfnp|Barbosa|Albano|2004|p=230}} ||rowspan=2| Most dialects || {{lang|pt|[[Portuguese orthography|q'''u'''ando]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkwɐ̃du]}} || 'when' || Post-lexically after {{IPAslink|k}} and {{IPAslink|ɡ}}. See [[Portuguese phonology]] |- |{{lang|pt|[[Portuguese orthography|b'''oa''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈbow.wɐ]}} || 'good' (f.) || Epenthetic glide or allophone of {{IPAslink|u}}, following a stressed rounded vowel and preceding an unrounded one.{{sfnp|France|2004}} |- | General [[Brazilian Portuguese|Brazilian]] || {{lang|pt|[[Portuguese orthography|qua'''l''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkwaw]}} || 'which' || Allophone of {{IPAslink|l}} in coda position for most Brazilian dialects.{{sfnp|Barbosa|Albano|2004|p=230}} |- |colspan=2| [[Romanian language|Romanian]] || {{lang|ro|[[Romanian orthography|dulă'''u''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[d̪uˈl̪əw]}} || 'mastiff' || See [[Romanian phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Russian language|Russian]] || {{lang|be|[[Russian alphabet|'''в'''о'''л'''к]]}}/volk ||{{IPA|[wou̯k]}}|| 'wolf' || Southern dialects. |- | [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]] || [[Croatian language|Croatian]]{{sfnp|Landau|Lončarić|Horga|Škarić|1999|p=68}} || {{lang|sh|[[Gaj's Latin alphabet|'''v'''uk]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[wûːk]}} || 'wolf' || Allophone of {{IPA|/ʋ/}} before {{IPA|/u/}}.{{sfnp|Landau|Lončarić|Horga|Škarić|1999|p=68}} See [[Serbo-Croatian phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Seri language|Seri]] || {{lang|sei|[[Seri alphabet|c'''m'''iique]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkw̃ĩːkːɛ]}} || 'person' || Allophone of {{IPA|/m/}} |- |colspan=2| [[Slovene language|Slovene]]{{sfnp|Šuštaršič|Komar|Petek|1999|p=136}}{{sfnp|Greenberg|2006|p=18}} || {{lang|sl|[[Slovene orthography|cerke'''v''']]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈt͡sèːrkəw]}} || 'church' || Allophone of {{IPA|/ʋ/}} in the syllable coda.{{sfnp|Šuštaršič|Komar|Petek|1999|p=136}}{{sfnp|Greenberg|2006|p=18}} Voiceless {{IPAblink|ʍ}} before voiceless consonants. See [[Slovene phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Sotho language|Sotho]] || ''se'''w'''a'' || {{IPA|[ˈsewa]}} || 'epidemic' || See [[Sesotho phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Svan language|Svan]] || [[Georgian alphabet|კ'''უ̂'''ენ]]/k'wen || {{IPA|[kʼwen]}} || 'marten' || |- |colspan=2| [[Spanish language|Spanish]]{{sfnp|Martínez-Celdrán|Fernández-Planas|Carrera-Sabaté|2003|p=256}} || {{lang|es|[[Spanish orthography|c'''u'''anto]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ˈkwãn̪t̪o̞]}} || 'as much' || See [[Spanish phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Swahili language|Swahili]] || {{lang|sw|m'''w'''anafunzi|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[mwɑnɑfunzi]}} || 'student' || |- | [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || Central Standard{{sfnp|Engstrand|2004|p=167}} || || || || Labialized approximant consonant; allophone of {{IPA|/ɡ/}} in casual speech before the protruded vowels {{IPA|/ɔ, oː/}}. See [[Swedish phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Tagalog language|Tagalog]] || ''ara'''w''''' || {{IPA|[ˈɐɾaw]}} || 'day' || See [[Tagalog phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Thai language|Thai]] || {{lang|th|[[Thai script|แห'''ว'''น]]}}/[[Royal Thai General System of Transcription|'''''w'''aen'']] || {{IPA|[wɛ̌ːn]}} || 'ring' || See [[Thai phonology]] |- |rowspan=2| [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]{{sfnp|Thompson|1959|pp=458–461}} || Standard || {{lang|vi|'''u'''ỷ|italic=yes}} ||{{IPA|[ʔwi˧˩]}} || 'to delegate' ||See [[Vietnamese phonology]] |- | Southern || {{lang|vi|'''qu'''ê|italic=yes}} ||{{IPA|[wej˧˧]}} || 'hometown' || |- | colspan="2" |[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] |[[:uk:wikt:любов|любо'''в'''/lübov]] |[lʲubɔw] |'love' |See [[Ukrainian phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[Welsh language|Welsh]] || {{lang|cy|[[Welsh alphabet|g'''w'''ae]]|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[ɡwaɨ]}} || 'woe' || See [[Welsh phonology]] |- |colspan=2| [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]] || {{lang|fy|sko'''w'''e|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[skoːwə]}} || 'to shove' || |}
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