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Voiced bilabial plosive
b
IPA number102
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Entity (decimal)b
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Braille⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)

A 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⟩. The voiced bilabial stop occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter ⟨b⟩ in obey [oʊˈbeɪ].

Features

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Features of a voiced bilabial stop:

Occurrence

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Occurrence of [b] in several languages
LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Adygheбгъу / bġ°[bʁʷə]'nine'
Albanianbletë['bletə]'bee'
ArabicStandard[1]باب / bāb[baːb]'door'See Arabic phonology
Assyrianܒܒܐ baba[baːba]'father'
ArmenianEastern[2]բարի/bari[bɑˈɾi]'kind'
Basquebero[beɾo]'hot'
Bengaliলো / balo[bɔlo]'say!'Contrasts with aspirated form. See Bengali phonology
Catalan[3]bell[ˈbeʎ]'beautiful'See Catalan phonology
Chechenборз / borz[borz]'wolf'
Czechbota[ˈbota]'boot'See Czech phonology
DanishStandard[4][5]ber[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
Englishaback[əˈbæk]'aback'See English phonology
Esperantobatalo[baˈtalo]'war'See Esperanto phonology
Filipinobuto[buto]'bone'
French[7]boue[bu]'mud'See French phonology
Georgian[8]ავშვი / bavšvi[ˈbavʃvi]'child'
Germanaber[ˈäːbɐ]'but'See Standard German phonology
Greekμπόχα / bócha[ˈbo̞xa]'reek'See Modern Greek phonology
Gujaratiક્રી / bakri[bəkri]'goat'See Gujarati phonology
Hebrewבית / báyit[bajit]'house'See Modern Hebrew phonology
HindustaniHindiबाल / bāl[bäːl]'hair'Contrasts with aspirated version /bʱ/. See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Urduبال / bāl
Hungarianbaba[ˈbɒbɒ]'baby'See Hungarian phonology
Italian[9]bile[ˈbile]'rage'See Italian phonology
Japanese[10] / ban[baɴ]'(one's) turn'See Japanese phonology
Kabardianбгъуы/bg"uy[bʁʷə]'nine'
Korean지붕 / jibung[t͡ɕibuŋ]'roof'See Korean phonology
KurdishNorthernbav[bɑːv]'father'See Kurdish phonology
Centralباوک/bâwk[bɑːwk]
Southernباوگ/bâwig[bɑːwɨg]
Luxembourgish[11]geblosen[ɡ̊əˈbloːzən]'blown'More often voiceless [p].[11] See Luxembourgish phonology
Macedonianубав/ubav[ˈubav]'beautiful'See Macedonian phonology
Malaybaru[bäru]'new'
Maltesegħatba[aːtˈba]'threshold'
Marathiटाटा / baṭāṭā[bəˈʈaːʈaː]'potato'See Marathi phonology
Nepaliबाटो / bāṭo[bäʈo]'path'See Nepali phonology
Norwegianbål[ˈbɔːl]'bonfire'See Norwegian phonology
Odiaବା/barô[bärɔ]'twelve'Contrasts with aspirated form.
Persianخوب/ xub[xub]'good'See Persian phonology
Pirahãpibaóí[ˈpìbàóí̯]'parent'
Polish[12]bas[bäs]'bass'See Polish phonology
Portuguese[13]bato[ˈbatu]'I strike'See Portuguese phonology
Punjabiਬਿੱਲੀ/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
Slovakb[bi̞c]'to be'
Slovenebiti[ˈbìːt̪í]'to be'
Southern Min / ban[ban]'Fujian province'Only in colloquial speech.
Spanish[17]invertir[ĩmbe̞ɾˈt̪iɾ]'to invest'See Spanish phonology
Swedishbra[ˈbɾɑː]'good'May be an approximant in casual speech. See Swedish phonology
Teluguడి[badi]'school'Contrasts with aspirated form. Aspirated form is articulated as breathy consonant.
Thaiัด / bam-bàt[bam.bat̚]'therapy'See Thai phonology
Turkishbulut[ˈbuɫut̪]'cloud'See Turkish phonology
Tyapbai[bai]'to come'
Ukrainian[18]брат / brat[brɑt̪]'brother'See Ukrainian phonology
Welshmab[mɑːb]'son'See Welsh phonology
West Frisianbak[bak]'tray'
Wu / bi[bi]'skin'
Xiang / baw[bau]'to float'
Yi / bbo[bo˧]'mountain'
ZapotecTilquiapan[19]bald[bald]'few'

See also

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Notes

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References

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  • Abrahams, Henrik (1949), Études phonétiques sur les tendances évolutives des occlusives germaniques, Aarhus University Press
  • Carbonell, Joan F.; Llisterri, Joaquim (1992), "Catalan", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 22 (1–2): 53–56, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004618, S2CID 249411809
  • Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 25 (2): 90–94, doi:10.1017/S0025100300005223, S2CID 249414876
  • Danyenko, Andrii; Vakulenko, Serhii (1995), Ukrainian, Lincom Europa, ISBN 9783929075083
  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009), Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company
  • Fischer-Jørgensen, Eli (1952), "Om stemtheds assimilation", in Bach, H.; et al. (eds.), Festskrift til L. L. Hammerich, Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gad, pp. 116–129
  • Fougeron, Cecile; Smith, Caroline L (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA:French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 23 (2): 73–76, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004874, S2CID 249404451
  • Gilles, Peter; Trouvain, Jürgen (2013), "Luxembourgish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 43 (1): 67–74, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000278
  • Goblirsch, Kurt (2018), Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening: On the History of Quantity in Germanic, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-03450-1
  • Gussenhoven, Carlos (1992), "Dutch", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 22 (2): 45–47, doi:10.1017/S002510030000459X, S2CID 243772965
  • Jassem, Wiktor (2003), "Polish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 33 (1): 103–107, doi:10.1017/S0025100303001191
  • Landau, Ernestina; Lončarić, Mijo; Horga, Damir; Škarić, Ivo (1999), "Croatian", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 66–69, ISBN 978-0-521-65236-0
  • Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Fernández-Planas, Ana Ma.; Carrera-Sabaté, Josefina (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 33 (2): 255–259, doi:10.1017/S0025100303001373
  • Merrill, Elizabeth (2008), "Tilquiapan Zapotec", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 38 (1): 107–114, doi:10.1017/S0025100308003344
  • Okada, Hideo (1999), "Japanese", in International Phonetic Association (ed.), Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, pp. 117–119, ISBN 978-0-52163751-0
  • Padgett, Jaye (2003), "Contrast and Post-Velar Fronting in Russian", Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 21 (1): 39–87, doi:10.1023/A:1021879906505, S2CID 13470826
  • Puggaard-Rode, Rasmus; Horslund, Camilla Søballe; Jørgensen, Henrik (2022), "The rarity of intervocalic voicing of stops in Danish spontaneous speech", Laboratory Phonology, 13 (1), doi:10.16995/labphon.6449, hdl:1887/3304670
  • Rogers, Derek; d'Arcangeli, Luciana (2004), "Italian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 34 (1): 117–121, doi:10.1017/S0025100304001628
  • Shosted, Ryan K.; Chikovani, Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (2): 255–264, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002659
  • Thelwall, Robin (1990), "Illustrations of the IPA: Arabic", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 20 (2): 37–41, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004266, S2CID 243640727
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    Voiced bilabial plosive
    b
    IPA number102
    Audio sample
    Encoding
    Entity (decimal)b
    Unicode (hex)U+0062
    X-SAMPAb
    Braille⠃ (braille pattern dots-12)

    A 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⟩. The voiced bilabial stop occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter ⟨b⟩ in obey [oʊˈbeɪ].

    Features

    Features of a voiced bilabial stop:

    Occurrence

    Occurrence of [b] in several languages
    LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
    Adygheбгъу / bġ°[bʁʷə]'nine'
    Albanianbletë['bletə]'bee'
    ArabicStandard[1]باب / bāb[baːb]'door'See Arabic phonology
    Assyrianܒܒܐ baba[baːba]'father'
    ArmenianEastern[2]բարի/bari[bɑˈɾi]'kind'
    Basquebero[beɾo]'hot'
    Bengaliলো / balo[bɔlo]'say!'Contrasts with aspirated form. See Bengali phonology
    Catalan[3]bell[ˈbeʎ]'beautiful'See Catalan phonology
    Chechenборз / borz[borz]'wolf'
    Czechbota[ˈbota]'boot'See Czech phonology
    DanishStandard[4][5]ber[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
    Englishaback[əˈbæk]'aback'See English phonology
    Esperantobatalo[baˈtalo]'war'See Esperanto phonology
    Filipinobuto[buto]'bone'
    French[7]boue[bu]'mud'See French phonology
    Georgian[8]ავშვი / bavšvi[ˈbavʃvi]'child'
    Germanaber[ˈäːbɐ]'but'See Standard German phonology
    Greekμπόχα / bócha[ˈbo̞xa]'reek'See Modern Greek phonology
    Gujaratiક્રી / bakri[bəkri]'goat'See Gujarati phonology
    Hebrewבית / báyit[bajit]'house'See Modern Hebrew phonology
    HindustaniHindiबाल / bāl[bäːl]'hair'Contrasts with aspirated version /bʱ/. See Hindi-Urdu phonology
    Urduبال / bāl
    Hungarianbaba[ˈbɒbɒ]'baby'See Hungarian phonology
    Italian[9]bile[ˈbile]'rage'See Italian phonology
    Japanese[10] / ban[baɴ]'(one's) turn'See Japanese phonology
    Kabardianбгъуы/bg"uy[bʁʷə]'nine'
    Korean지붕 / jibung[t͡ɕibuŋ]'roof'See Korean phonology
    KurdishNorthernbav[bɑːv]'father'See Kurdish phonology
    Centralباوک/bâwk[bɑːwk]
    Southernباوگ/bâwig[bɑːwɨg]
    Luxembourgish[11]geblosen[ɡ̊əˈbloːzən]'blown'More often voiceless [p].[11] See Luxembourgish phonology
    Macedonianубав/ubav[ˈubav]'beautiful'See Macedonian phonology
    Malaybaru[bäru]'new'
    Maltesegħatba[aːtˈba]'threshold'
    Marathiटाटा / baṭāṭā[bəˈʈaːʈaː]'potato'See Marathi phonology
    Nepaliबाटो / bāṭo[bäʈo]'path'See Nepali phonology
    Norwegianbål[ˈbɔːl]'bonfire'See Norwegian phonology
    Odiaବା/barô[bärɔ]'twelve'Contrasts with aspirated form.
    Persianخوب/ xub[xub]'good'See Persian phonology
    Pirahãpibaóí[ˈpìbàóí̯]'parent'
    Polish[12]bas[bäs]'bass'See Polish phonology
    Portuguese[13]bato[ˈbatu]'I strike'See Portuguese phonology
    Punjabiਬਿੱਲੀ/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
    Slovakb[bi̞c]'to be'
    Slovenebiti[ˈbìːt̪í]'to be'
    Southern Min / ban[ban]'Fujian province'Only in colloquial speech.
    Spanish[17]invertir[ĩmbe̞ɾˈt̪iɾ]'to invest'See Spanish phonology
    Swedishbra[ˈbɾɑː]'good'May be an approximant in casual speech. See Swedish phonology
    Teluguడి[badi]'school'Contrasts with aspirated form. Aspirated form is articulated as breathy consonant.
    Thaiัด / bam-bàt[bam.bat̚]'therapy'See Thai phonology
    Turkishbulut[ˈbuɫut̪]'cloud'See Turkish phonology
    Tyapbai[bai]'to come'
    Ukrainian[18]брат / brat[brɑt̪]'brother'See Ukrainian phonology
    Welshmab[mɑːb]'son'See Welsh phonology
    West Frisianbak[bak]'tray'
    Wu / bi[bi]'skin'
    Xiang / baw[bau]'to float'
    Yi / bbo[bo˧]'mountain'
    ZapotecTilquiapan[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

    • Abrahams, Henrik (1949), Études phonétiques sur les tendances évolutives des occlusives germaniques, Aarhus University Press
    • Carbonell, Joan F.; Llisterri, Joaquim (1992), "Catalan", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 22 (1–2): 53–56, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004618, S2CID 249411809
    • Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (1995), "European Portuguese", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 25 (2): 90–94, doi:10.1017/S0025100300005223, S2CID 249414876
    • Danyenko, Andrii; Vakulenko, Serhii (1995), Ukrainian, Lincom Europa, ISBN 9783929075083
    • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009), Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company
    • Fischer-Jørgensen, Eli (1952), "Om stemtheds assimilation", in Bach, H.; et al. (eds.), Festskrift til L. L. Hammerich, Copenhagen: G. E. C. Gad, pp. 116–129
    • Fougeron, Cecile; Smith, Caroline L (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA:French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 23 (2): 73–76, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004874, S2CID 249404451
    • Gilles, Peter; Trouvain, Jürgen (2013), "Luxembourgish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 43 (1): 67–74, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000278
    • Goblirsch, Kurt (2018), Gemination, Lenition, and Vowel Lengthening: On the History of Quantity in Germanic, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-107-03450-1
    • Gussenhoven, Carlos (1992), "Dutch", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 22 (2): 45–47, doi:10.1017/S002510030000459X, S2CID 243772965
    • Jassem, Wiktor (2003), "Polish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 33 (1): 103–107, doi:10.1017/S0025100303001191
    • Landau, Ernestina; Lončarić, Mijo; Horga, Damir; Škarić, Ivo (1999), "Croatian", Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A guide to the use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 66–69, ISBN 978-0-521-65236-0
    • Martínez-Celdrán, Eugenio; Fernández-Planas, Ana Ma.; Carrera-Sabaté, Josefina (2003), "Castilian Spanish", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 33 (2): 255–259, doi:10.1017/S0025100303001373
    • Merrill, Elizabeth (2008), "Tilquiapan Zapotec", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 38 (1): 107–114, doi:10.1017/S0025100308003344
    • Okada, Hideo (1999), "Japanese", in International Phonetic Association (ed.), Handbook of the International Phonetic Association: A Guide to the Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet, Cambridge University Press, pp. 117–119, ISBN 978-0-52163751-0
    • Padgett, Jaye (2003), "Contrast and Post-Velar Fronting in Russian", Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 21 (1): 39–87, doi:10.1023/A:1021879906505, S2CID 13470826
    • Puggaard-Rode, Rasmus; Horslund, Camilla Søballe; Jørgensen, Henrik (2022), "The rarity of intervocalic voicing of stops in Danish spontaneous speech", Laboratory Phonology, 13 (1), doi:10.16995/labphon.6449, hdl:1887/3304670
    • Rogers, Derek; d'Arcangeli, Luciana (2004), "Italian", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 34 (1): 117–121, doi:10.1017/S0025100304001628
    • Shosted, Ryan K.; Chikovani, Vakhtang (2006), "Standard Georgian" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 36 (2): 255–264, doi:10.1017/S0025100306002659
    • Thelwall, Robin (1990), "Illustrations of the IPA: Arabic", Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 20 (2): 37–41, doi:10.1017/S0025100300004266, S2CID 243640727
    • List of languages with [b] on PHOIBLE
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