Voiced bilabial affricate
bꞵ

The voiced bilabial affricate ([b͡ꞵ] in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a bilabial stop [b] and released as a voiced bilabial fricative [ꞵ]. It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language.

Features

Features of the voiced bilabial affricate:

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Banjun[1] [example needed]
English Broad Cockney[2] rub [ˈɹ̠ɐˑb͡ꞵ] 'rub' Sporadic allophone of /b/.[3] See English phonology
Received Pronunciation[4] Rare allophone of /b/.[4] See English phonology
Scouse[5] [ˈɹ̠ʊˑb͡ꞵ] Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /b/.[5] See English phonology
Shipibo[6] boko [ˈb͡ꞵo̽ko̽] 'small intestine' Possible realization of /ꞵ/. See Shipibo phonology.[6]
Ngiti[7] abvɔ [āb͡ꞵɔ̄] 'thorny vine' Rarely [bꞵ] more commonly [b̪v][8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Phoible 2.0 -".
  2. ^ Wells (1982), pp. 322–323.
  3. ^ Wells (1982), p. 323.
  4. ^ a b Gimson (2014), p. 172.
  5. ^ a b Wells (1982), p. 372.
  6. ^ a b Valenzuela, Márquez Pinedo & Maddieson (2001).
  7. ^ Kutsch Lojenga (1992), p. 31.
  8. ^ Kutsch Lojenga (1992), p. 45.

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