Voiced bilabial plosive
b
IPA Number102
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)b
Unicode (hex)U+0062
X-SAMPAb
Braille⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)

The voiced bilabial plosive or stop is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨b⟩, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is b. The voiced bilabial stop occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter ⟨b⟩ in obey [oʊˈbeɪ] (oU"beI).

Features

Features of the voiced bilabial stop:

Varieties

IPA Description
b plain b
bʷ labialised
b̜ʷ semi-labialised
b̹ʷ strongly labialised
bʲ palatalised
bʱ breathy voiced
bˠ velarised

Occurrence

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Occurrence of [b] in several languages
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Adyghe бгъу / bġ° [bʁʷə]ⓘ 'nine'
Albanian bletë ['bletə] 'bee'
Arabic Standard[1] باب / baab / bāb [baːb] 'door' See Arabic phonology
Assyrian ܒܒܐ baba [baːba] 'father'
Armenian Eastern[2] բարի/bari [bɑˈɾi]ⓘ 'kind'
Basque bero [beɾo] 'hot'
Bengali বলো / balo [bɔlo] 'say!' Contrasts with aspirated form. See Bengali phonology
Catalan[3] bell [ˈbeʎ] 'beautiful' See Catalan phonology
Chechen борз / borz [borz] 'wolf'
Czech bota [ˈbota] 'boot' See Czech phonology
Danish Standard[4][5] løber [ˈløːbɐ] 'runner' Only partially voiced; possible allophone of /b/ in the intervocalic position. More often voiceless [p].[4][5] See Danish phonology
Dutch[6] boer [buːr] 'farmer' See Dutch phonology
English aback [əˈbæk]ⓘ 'aback' See English phonology
Esperanto batalo [baˈtalo] 'war' See Esperanto phonology
Filipino buto [buto] 'bone'
French[7] boue [bu] 'mud' See French phonology
Georgian[8] ბავშვი / bavšvi [ˈbavʃvi] 'child'
German aber [ˈäːbɐ]ⓘ 'but' See Standard German phonology
Greek μπόχα / bócha [ˈbo̞xa] 'reek' See Modern Greek phonology
Gujarati બક્રી / bakri [bəkri] 'goat' See Gujarati phonology
Hebrew בית / báyit [bajit] 'house' See Modern Hebrew phonology
Hindustani Hindi बाल / bāl [bäːl] 'hair' Contrasts with aspirated version /bʱ/. See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Urdu بال / bāl
Hungarian baba [ˈbɒbɒ] 'baby' See Hungarian phonology
Italian[9] bile [ˈbile] 'rage' See Italian phonology
Japanese[10] 番 / ban [baɴ] '(one's) turn' See Japanese phonology
Kabardian бгъуы/bg"uy [bʁʷə]ⓘ 'nine'
Korean 지붕 / jibung [t͡ɕibuŋ] 'roof' See Korean phonology
Kurdish Northern bav [bɑːv] 'father' See Kurdish phonology
Central باوک/bâwk [bɑːwk]
Southern باوگ/bâwig [bɑːwɨg]
Luxembourgish[11] geblosen [ɡ̊əˈbloːzən] 'blown' More often voiceless [p].[11] See Luxembourgish phonology
Macedonian убав/ubav [ˈubav] 'beautiful' See Macedonian phonology
Malay baru [bäru] 'new'
Maltese għatba [aːtˈba] 'threshold'
Marathi बटाटा / baṭāṭā [bəˈʈaːʈaː] 'potato' See Marathi phonology
Nepali बाटो / bāṭo [bäʈo] 'path' See Nepali phonology
Norwegian bål [ˈbɔːl] 'bonfire' See Norwegian phonology
Odia ବାର/barô [bärɔ] 'twelve' Contrasts with aspirated form.
Persian خوب/ xub [xub] 'good' See Persian phonology
Pirahã pibaóí [ˈpìbàóí̯] 'parent'
Polish[12] bas [bäs]ⓘ 'bass' See Polish phonology
Portuguese[13] bato [ˈbatu] 'I strike' See Portuguese phonology
Punjabi ਬਿੱਲੀ/billī [bɪlːi] 'cat'
Romanian[14] bou [bow] 'bull' See Romanian phonology.
Russian[15] рыба / ryba [ˈrɨbə] 'fish' Contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology
Serbo-Croatian[16] биће / biće [bǐːt͡ɕě] 'being' See Serbo-Croatian phonology
Slovak byť [bi̞c] 'to be'
Slovene biti [ˈbìːt̪í] 'to be'
Southern Min 閩 / ban [ban] 'Fujian province' Only in colloquial speech.
Spanish[17] invertir [ĩmbe̞ɾˈt̪iɾ] 'to invest' See Spanish phonology
Swedish bra [ˈbɾɑː] 'good' May be an approximant in casual speech. See Swedish phonology
Telugu బడి [badi] 'school' Contrasts with aspirated form. Aspirated form is articulated as breathy consonant.
Thai บำบัด / bam-bàt [bam.bat̚] 'therapy' See Thai phonology
Turkish bulut [ˈbuɫut̪] 'cloud' See Turkish phonology
Tyap bai [bai] 'to come'
Ukrainian[18] брат / brat [brɑt̪] 'brother' See Ukrainian phonology
Welsh mab [mɑːb] 'son' See Welsh phonology
West Frisian bak [bak] 'tray'
Wu 皮 / bi [bi] 'skin'
Xiang 浮 / baw [bau] 'to float'
Yi ꁧ / bbo [bo˧] 'mountain'
Zapotec Tilquiapan[19] bald [bald] 'few'

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Thelwall (1990:37)
  2. ^ Dum-Tragut (2009:13)
  3. ^ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:53)
  4. ^ a b Goblirsch (2018), pp. 134–5, citing Fischer-Jørgensen (1952) and Abrahams (1949, pp. 116–21, 228–30).
  5. ^ a b Puggaard-Rode, Horslund & Jørgensen (2022).
  6. ^ Gussenhoven (1992:45)
  7. ^ Fougeron & Smith (1993:73)
  8. ^ Shosted & Chikovani (2006:255)
  9. ^ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:117)
  10. ^ Okada (1999:117)
  11. ^ a b Gilles & Trouvain (2013), pp. 67–68.
  12. ^ Jassem (2003:103)
  13. ^ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
  14. ^ DEX Online : [1]
  15. ^ Padgett (2003:42)
  16. ^ Landau et al. (1999), p. 66.
  17. ^ Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003:255)
  18. ^ Danyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 4.
  19. ^ Merrill (2008:108)

References

External links

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