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The voiced bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some 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 boy. Many Indian languages, such as Hindustani, have a two-way contrast between breathy voiced /bʱ/ and plain /b/.
Features of the voiced bilabial stop:
Manner of articulation, Labial consonant, Palatal consonant, Epiglottal consonant, Phonation
United Kingdom, Germanic languages, British Empire, Angles, West Germanic languages
Hong Kong, Simplified Chinese characters, Singapore, Pinyin, Hanja
Voiceless alveolar sibilant, Voiceless velar stop, Hebrew language, Voiceless bilabial stop, Voiced bilabial stop
Voiceless uvular fricative, Fricative, Manner of articulation, Language, Voiceless labiodental fricative
Pharyngealization, Close-mid front unrounded vowel, Close-mid back rounded vowel, Voiceless alveolar sibilant, Voiced alveolar sibilant
Ἀ, American English, Greek language, Latin alphabet, Sigma
Hebrew language, Niqqud, Pharyngealization, Voiceless alveolar stop, Voiceless velar stop