| Places of articulation |
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Labial |
| Bilabial |
| Labial–velar |
| Labial–coronal |
| Labiodental |
| Dentolabial |
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Bidental |
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Coronal |
| Linguolabial |
| Interdental |
| Dental |
| Denti-alveolar |
| Alveolar |
| Postalveolar |
| Palato-alveolar |
| Alveolo-palatal |
| Retroflex |
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Dorsal |
| Palatal |
| Labial–palatal |
| Velar |
| Uvular |
| Uvular–epiglottal |
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Radical |
| Pharyngeal |
| Epiglotto-pharyngeal |
| Epiglottal |
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Glottal |
| Tongue shape |
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Apical |
| Laminal |
| Subapical |
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Lateral |
| Sulcal |
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Palatal |
| Pharyngeal |
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See also: Manner of articulation |
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In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
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| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| bilabial nasal | English | man | [mæn] | man | |
| voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | [spɪn] | spin | |
| voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | [bɛd] | bed | |
| voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | [ɸuʑisaɴ] | Mount Fuji | |
| voiced bilabial fricative | Ewe | ɛʋɛ | [ɛ̀βɛ̀] | Ewe | |
| bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | [loβ̞o] | wolf | |
| bilabial trill | Nias | simbi | [siʙi] | lower jaw | |
| bilabial click | Nǁng | ʘoe | [ʘoe] | meat | |
Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: [p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ]. Approximately 0.7% of the world's languages lack bilabial consonants altogether; these include Tlingit, Chipewyan, Oneida, and Wichita.[1]
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