Editing Voiced bilabial implosive

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{redirect|Bilabial implosive|the voiceless implosive|Voiceless bilabial implosive}}
{{Infobox IPA
|ipa symbol=ɓ
|ipa number=160
|decimal=595
|x-sampa=b_&lt;
|imagefile=IPA Unicode 0x0253.svg
|imagesize=150px
|braille=236
|braille2=b
}}

The '''voiced bilabial implosive''' is a type of [[consonant]]al sound, used in some [[Speech communication|spoken]] [[language]]s. The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|[[ɓ]]}}, and the equivalent [[X-SAMPA]] symbol is <code>b_&lt;</code>.

==Features==
Features of the voiced bilabial implosive:

{{plosive}}
{{bilabial}}
{{voiced}}
{{oral}}
{{central–lateral}}
{{implosive}}

==Occurrence==
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" | Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] !! Meaning !! Notes
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Akatek language|Akatek]]
|'''''p'<nowiki/>'''ey'''p'<nowiki/>'''al''
|[ɓejɓal]
|'the walking (thing)'
|
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Balanta-Ganja]]
|{{lang|bjt|'''ɓ'''aara}}?
|[ɓaːra]?
|'heron'
| Possible allophone for /b/.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Balanta-Ganja (Fgañja / فْگَݧْجَ) |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/balantaganja.htm |website=[[Omniglot]] |language=English}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Ega language|Ega]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Connell|Ahoua|Gibbon|2002|p=100}}</ref> || colspan="2" align="center" | {{IPA|[ɓá]}} || 'send away' ||
|-
|[[English language|English]]
| [[Southern American English|Southern American]]<ref name="wells489">{{Harvcoltxt|Wells|1982|p=489}}</ref>
| ''[[English orthography|'''b'''ody]]''
| {{IPA|[ɓʌdi]}}
| 'body'
| Possible realization of word-initial {{IPA|/b/}}.<ref name="wells489"/> See [[English phonology]]
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Fula language|Fula]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Keer|1999|p=82}}</ref> || {{lang|ff|[[Fula orthographies|ful'''ɓ'''e]]}}<br/>{{lang|ff-Adlm|[[Adlam script|𞤆𞤵𞤤𞤩𞤫]]}} || {{IPA|[fulɓe]}} || 'Fulbe person' (g.) ||
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Goemai language|Goemai]] || {{lang|ank|'''ḅ'''as}} || {{IPA|[ɓas]}} || 'to fetch' ||
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Hausa language|Hausa]] || {{lang|ha|'''ɓ'''a'''ɓ'''ewa}} / {{lang|ha-Arab|'''ݑَݑٜ'''ىٰوَا}} || {{IPA|[ɓaɓɛua]}} || 'quarreling' ||
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Jamaican Patois]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Devonish|Harry|2004|p=456}}</ref> || {{lang|jam|'''b'''eat}} || {{IPA|[ɓiːt]}} || 'beat' || Allophone of {{IPA|/b/}} in the onset of prominent syllables.
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kalabari language|Kalabari]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Harry|2003|p=113}}</ref> || {{lang|ijn|'''ḅ'''á}} || {{IPA|[ɓá]}} || 'kill' ||
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Khmer language|Khmer]] || {{lang|km|[[Khmer script|បារាំង]]}}/{{Transliteration|km|'''b'''arăng}} || {{IPA|[ɓaːraŋ]}} || ''noun'': 'France'<br />''adjective'': 'French' || See [[Khmer phonology]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Konso language|Konso]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Orkaydo |first=Ongaye Oda |title=A Grammar of Konso |year=2013 |pages=11}}</ref>
|{{lang|kxc|'''b'''ad}}
|{{IPA|[ɓaɗ]}}
|‘to hide’
|
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Kwaza language|Kwaza]]
|{{lang|xwa|'''b'''ura}}
|{{IPA|[ɓuɾa]}}
|'put [the] hat on!'
|
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Mamaindê language|Latundê]]<ref name=":1">{{Harvcoltxt|Telles|2013|p=298}}</ref>
| colspan="2" align="center" |{{IPA|[ˌɓa:ˈnãn]}}
|'(they) are two'
|One of the possible realisations of {{IPA|/p/}}.<ref name=":1"/>
|-
|[[Mayan languages|Mayan]]
|[[Yucatec Maya language|Yucatec]]
|{{lang|yua|'''b'''alam}}
|[ɓalam]
|'jaguar'
|
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Mam language|Mam]]
| {{lang|mam|qan'''bʼ'''ax}}
| {{IPA|[qamɓaʂ]}}
| 'foot'
|
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Mono language (Congo)|Mono]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Olson|2004|p=233}}</ref> || {{lang|mnh|'''‘b'''alœ}} || {{IPA|[ɓálə́]}} || 'at' ||
|-
|[[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| Dialectal
| {{lang|pa|[[Gurmukhi|ਬੱਕਰੀ]]}} / {{lang|pnb|بکری}}
| {{IPA|[ˈɓək.krɪ]}}
| 'goat'
|
|-
| colspan="2' | [[Paumarí language|Paumarí]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Everett|2003|p=23}}</ref> ||{{lang|pad|'''{{`}}b'''o'da|italic=yes}}||{{IPA|[ɓoɗa]}} ||'old'
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Saraiki language|Saraiki]]<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bashir|first1=Elena|author1-link=Elena Bashir|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajrEDwAAQBAJ&q=A+Descriptive+Grammar+of+Hindko,+Punjabi,+and+Saraiki|title=A Descriptive Grammar of Hindko, Panjabi, and Saraiki|last2=J. Conners|first2=Thomas|publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG|year=2019|isbn=9781614512257|volume=4 of Mouton-CASL Grammar Series|pages=28|language=en|chapter=3.3.1.3|quote=Saraiki has four voiced implosive stops: bilabial /ɓ/, alveolar /ɗ/, palatal /ʄ/, and velar /ɠ/.}}</ref>
|{{lang|skr|[[Saraiki alphabet|'''ٻ'''ال]]}}
|{{IPA|[ɓɑː.l]}}
| rowspan="2" |'child'
|
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]]
| {{lang|sd|[[Arabic alphabet|'''ٻ'''ر]]}}
| {{IPA|[ɓaˑrʊ]}}
|
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Serer language|Serer]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Mc Laughlin|2005|p=203}}</ref>
| {{lang|srr|'''ɓ'''ood}}/ {{lang|srr-Arab|'''ࢠࣷ'''ودْ}}
| {{IPA|[ɓoːd]}}
| 'to crawl' 
| Contrasts {{IPA|/ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/}}.
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Southern Nambikwara language|Southern Nambikwara]]<ref name=":0">{{Harvcoltxt|Netto|2018|p=|pp=105, 106}}</ref>
| colspan="2" align="center" |{{IPA|[ɓa̰h]}}
|'ask excuse'
|One of the possible realisations of {{IPA|/p/}}.<ref name=":0" />
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Shona language|Shona]] || {{lang|sn|'''b'''a'''b'''a}} || {{IPA|[ɓàːɓá]}} || 'father' ||
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Tera language|Tera]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Tench|2007|p=228}}</ref> || {{lang|ttr|'''ɓ'''ala}} || {{IPA|[ɓala]}} || 'to talk' || Contrasts phonemically with [[Palatalization (phonetics)|palatalized]] implosive, {{IPA|/ɓʲ/}}
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Tukang Besi language|Tukang Besi]] || colspan=2 align=center | {{IPA|[aɓa]}} || 'previous' ||
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Thompson|1959|pp=458–461}}</ref> || {{lang|vi|[[Vietnamese alphabet|'''b'''ạn]]}} || {{IPA|[ɓan̪˧ˀ˨ʔ]}} || 'you' || See [[Vietnamese phonology]]
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Standard Zhuang]]
|{{lang|za|laj'''mb'''wn}}
|{{IPA|[la̋ːɓɯ̌n]}}
|'world'
|
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Zulu language|Zulu]] || {{lang|zu|u'''b'''a'''b'''a}} || {{IPA|[úˈɓàːɓá]}} || 'my father' ||
|}

==See also==
* [[Index of phonetics articles]]
* [[Voiceless bilabial implosive]]
* [[B̤ē]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==References==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
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