Voiced bilabial affricate | |
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bβ |
The voiced bilabial affricate ([b͡β] in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a bilabial stop [b] and released as a voiced bilabial fricative [β]. It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language.
Features of the voiced bilabial affricate:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Banjun[1] | [example needed] | ||||
English | Broad Cockney[2] | rub | [ˈɹ̠ɐˑb͡β] | 'rub' | Sporadic allophone of /b/.[3] See English phonology |
Received Pronunciation[4] | Rare allophone of /b/.[4] See English phonology | ||||
Scouse[5] | [ˈɹ̠ʊˑb͡β] | Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /b/.[5] See English phonology | |||
Shipibo[6] | boko | [ˈb͡βo̽ko̽] | 'small intestine' | Possible realization of /β/. See Shipibo phonology.[6] | |
Ngiti[7] | abvɔ | [āb͡βɔ̄] | 'thorny vine' | Rarely [bβ] more commonly [b̪v][8] |