Voiceless bilabial fricative

The voiceless bilabial fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a Latinised form of the Greek letter Phi.

Features

Features of the voiceless bilabial fricative:

Occurrence

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
AinuTemplate:Citation needed		lang}}	main}}	'grandmother'
AngorTemplate:Citation needed		lang}}	main}}	'body'
Bengali	Eastern dialects	lang}}	main}}	'fruit'	Allophone of Template:IPAslink in some eastern dialects; regular allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in western dialects
English	Scouse	Template:Example needed			Allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. See British English phonology<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Ewe<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>		lang}}	main}}	'he polished'	main}}
Italian	Tuscan<ref name="hall">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	main}}	'the captains'	Intervocalic allophone of Template:IPAslink.<ref name="hall"/> See Italian phonology and Tuscan gorgia.
Itelmen		lang}}	main}}	'rain'
Japanese<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>		lang}} / {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'decay'	Allophone of Template:IPAslink before {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. See Japanese phonology
Kaingang		lang}}	main}}	'seed'
Korean		lang}} / {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}	main}}	'epiglottis'	Allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}} before {{#invoke:IPA|main}} and {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. See Korean phonology
KwamaTemplate:Citation needed		{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'basket'
Māori		lang}}	main}}	'genealogy'	Now more commonly /f/ due to the influence of English. See Māori phonology.
Nepali		lang}}	main}}	'vapour'	Allophone of /pʰ/. See Nepali phonology
OdoodeeTemplate:Citation needed		lang}}	main}}	'coconut'
Okinawan		lang}}	main}}	'type of spice'
Spanish	Some dialects <ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	main}}	'outside'	main}}. See Spanish phonology
	Standard EuropeanTemplate:Sfnp	lang}}	main}}	'pub'	main}} before a pause.Template:Sfnp
	North-Central Peninsular<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} || {{#invoke:IPA|main}} || 'abdicate' || Allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in the coda. In this dialect, the unvoiced coda obstruents - {{#invoke:IPA|main}} - are realized as fricatives only if they precede a voiced consonant; otherwise, they emerge as stops.
	Southern Peninsular<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	main}}	'yours'	main}} in some accents. Allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}} after {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.
Shompen<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>		{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'bench'
Sylheti		lang}}	main}}	'boy'
Tahitian		lang}}	main}}	'snake'	main}}
Taruma<ref name="Serke22">Template:Cite thesis</ref>		lang}}	main}}	'fire'
Turkish	Some speakers<ref name="gk6">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	main}}	'horizon'	main}} before rounded vowels and, to a lesser extent, word-finally after rounded vowels.<ref name="gk6"/> See Turkish phonology
Turkmen		lang}}	main}}	'factory'
Yalë		lang}}	main}}	'village'

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

Sources

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External links

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