Voiced bilabial plosive

The voiced bilabial stop is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨b⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨b⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by "b" in bear and about.

Voiced bilabial plosive
b
IPA number	102
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	b
Unicode (hex)	U+0062
X-SAMPA	b
Kirshenbaum	b
Sound

Features

• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic. This means that this sound is produced by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
• The phonation is voiced. This means that the vocal cords vibrate while the sound is being pronounced.
• The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is bilabial. This means that this sound is produced with both lips.
• The manner of articulation (how the sound is produced) is stop, or plosive. This means that this sound is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. (The term plosive contrasts with nasal stops, where the blocked airflow is redirected through the nose.)

Examples

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning
Adyghe		бгъу/bġ°	[bʁʷə]	'nine'
Arabic	Standard	باب/baab/bāb	[baːb]	'door'
Assyrian		ܒܒܐ baba	[baːba]	'father'
Armenian	Eastern	բարի/bari	[bɑˈɾi]	'kind'
Basque		bero	[beɾo]	'hot'
Bengali		বলো/balo	[bɔlo]	'say!'
Catalan		bell	[ˈbeʎ]	'beautiful'
Chinese	Southern Min	閩/ ban	[ban]	'Fujian province'
	Wu	皮/ bi	[bi]	'skin'
	Xiang	浮/ baw	[bau]	'to float'
Czech		bota	[ˈbota]	'boot'
Dutch		boer	[buːr]	'farmer'
English		aback	en-us-aback.ogg	'aback'
Esperanto		batalo	[baˈtalo]	'war'
Filipino		buto	[buto]	'bone'
French		boue	[bu]	'mud'
Georgian		ბავშვი/ bavšvi	[ˈbavʃvi]	'child'
German		aber	[ˈäːbɐ]	'but'
Greek		μπόχα / bócha	[ˈbo̞xa]	'reek'
Gujarati		બક્રી/bakri	[bəkri]	'goat'
Hebrew		בית/báyit	[bajit]	'house'
Hindustani	Hindi	बाल / bāl	[bäːl]	'hair'
	Urdu	بال / bāl
Italian		bile	[ˈbile]	'rage'
Japanese		番 / ban	[baɴ]	'(one's) turn'
Kabardian		бгъуы/bg"uy	[bʁʷə]	'nine'
Korean		지붕 / jibung	[t͡ɕibuŋ]	'roof'
Kurdish	Northern	bav	[bɑːv]	'father'
	Central	باوک/bâwk	[bɑːwk]
	Southern	باوگ/bâwig	[bɑːwɨg]
Luxembourgish		geblosen	[ɡ̊əˈbloːzən]	'blown'
Macedonian		убав/ubav	[ˈubav]	'beautiful'
Malay		baru	[bäru]	'new'
Maltese		għatba	[aːtˈba]	'threshold'
Marathi		बटाटा / baṭāṭā	[bəˈʈaːʈaː]	'potato'
Nepali		बाटो / bāṭo	[bäʈo]	'path'
Norwegian		bål	[ˈbɔːl]	'bonfire'
Odia		ବାର/barô	[bärɔ]	'twelve'
Persian		خوب/ xub	[xub]	'good'
Pirahã		pibaóí	[ˈpìbàóí̯]	'parent'
Polish		bas	[bäs]	'bass'
Portuguese		bato	[ˈbatu]	'I strike'
Punjabi		ਬਿੱਲੀ/billī	[bɪlːi]	'cat'
Romanian		bou	[bow]	'bull'
Russian		рыба/ryba	[ˈrɨbə]	'fish'
Serbo-Croatian		биће / biće	[bǐːt͡ɕě]	'creature'
Slovak		byť	[bi̞tɕ]	'to be'
Spanish		invertir	[ĩmbe̞ɾˈt̪iɾ]	'to invest'
Swedish		bra	[ˈbɾɑː]	'good'
Thai		บำบัด/bam-bàt	[bam.bat̚]	'therapy'
Turkish		bulut	[ˈbuɫut̪]	'cloud'
Tyap		bai	[bai]	'to come'
Ukrainian		брат / brat	[brɑt̪]	'brother'
Welsh		mab	[mɑːb]	'son'
West Frisian		bak	[bak]	'tray'
Yi		ꁧ / bbo	[bo˧]	'mountain'
Zapotec	Tilquiapan	bald	[bald]	'few'

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