Voiceless bilabial plosive
consonantal sound
The voiceless bilabial stop is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨p⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨p⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by "p" in pear and paper.
| Voiceless bilabial plosive | |
|---|---|
| p | |
| IPA Number | 101 |
| Encoding | |
| Entity (decimal) | p |
| Unicode (hex) | U+0070 |
| X-SAMPA | p |
Features
change- 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 voiceless. This means that this sound is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- 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
change| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | паӏо/paio |  [paːʔʷa] (help·info) |
'hat' | |
| Arabic | Algerian | پاپيش/pāpīš | [paːpiːʃ] | 'beautiful girls' |
| Hejazi | پول/pōl | [po̞ːl] | 'Paul' | |
| Egyptian | كبش/kabš | [kɛpʃ] | 'ram' | |
| Armenian | Eastern[1] | պապիկ/papik | [pɑpik] (help·info) |
'grandpa' |
| Assyrian | ܦܬܐ pata | [pata] | 'face' | |
| Basque | harrapatu | [(h)arapatu] | 'to catch' | |
| Bengali | Eastern | পানি/panī | [paniː] | 'water' |
| Catalan[2] | por | [ˈpɔ(ɾ)] | 'fear' | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | 爆炸 / baauja | [paːu˧ t͡saː˧] |
'explosion' |
| Mandarin | 爆炸 / bàozhà | [pɑʊ˥˩ tʂa˥˩]
| ||
| Chuvash | путене/putene | [put̬ʲɛ'nɛ] | 'quail' | |
| Czech | pes | [pɛs] | 'dog' | |
| Danish | Standard[3] | bog | [ˈpɔ̽ʊ̯ˀ] | 'book' |
| Dutch[4] | plicht | [plɪxt] | ||
| English | pack | [pʰæk] | 'pack' | |
| Esperanto | tempo | [ˈtempo] | 'time' | |
| Filipino | pato | [paˈto] | 'duck' | |
| Finnish | pappa | [ˈpɑpːɑ] | 'grandpa' | |
| French[5] | pomme | [pɔm] | 'apple' | |
| German | Pack | [pʰak] | 'pile' | |
| Greek | πόδι / pódi | [ˈpo̞ði] | 'leg' | |
| Gujarati | પગ/pag | [pəɡ] | 'foot' | |
| Hebrew | פּקיד/pakid | [pakid] | 'clerk' | |
| Hindustani | Urdu | پل/pal | [pəl] | 'moment' |
| Hindi | पल / pal | |||
| Hungarian | pápa | [ˈpaːpɒ] | 'pope' | |
| Italian[6] | papà | [paˈpa] | 'dad' | |
| Japanese[7] | ポスト / posuto | [posɯto] | 'mailbox' | |
| Kabardian | пэ/pė | [pa] (help·info) |
'nose' | |
| Khmer | ពន្យល់ / pônyól | [pɔnjɔl] | 'to explain' | |
| Korean | 빛 / bit | [pit̚] | 'light' | |
| Kurdish | Northern | por | [ˈpʰoːɾ] | 'hair' |
| Central | پیرۆزە/píroze | [pʰiːɾoːzæ] | 'lammergeier' | |
| Southern | پۊنگه/pûûnga | [pʰʉːŋa] | 'pennyroyal' | |
| Lakota | púza | [ˈpʊza] | 'dry' | |
| Lithuanian | pastatas | [ˈpaːstɐtɐs] | 'building' | |
| Luxembourgish[8] | bëlleg | [ˈpələɕ] | 'cheap' | |
| Macedonian | пее/pee | [pɛː] | 'sing' | |
| Malay | panas | [pänäs] | 'hot' | |
| Maltese | aptit | [apˈtit] | 'appetite' | |
| Marathi | पाऊस/paa'uus/pā'ūs | [pɑːˈuːs] | 'rain' | |
| Mutsun | po·čor | [poːt͡ʃor] | 'a sore' | |
| Nepali | पिता/pitā | [pit̪ä] | 'father' | |
| Norwegian | pappa | [pɑpːɑ] | 'dad' | |
| Odia | ପଥର/pathara | [pɔʈʰɔrɔ] | 'stone' | |
| Pashto | پانير/pa'nir | [pɑˈnir] | 'cheese' | |
| Persian | پول/pul | [pul] | 'money' | |
| Pirahã | pibaóí | [ˈpìbàóí̯] | 'otter' | |
| Polish[9] | pas | [päs] (help·info) |
'belt' | |
| Portuguese[10] | pai | [paj] | 'father' | |
| Punjabi | ਪੱਤਾ/pattaa/pattā | [pət̪ːäː] | 'leaf' | |
| Romanian | pas | [pas] | 'step' | |
| Russian[11] | плод/plod | [pɫot̪] | 'fruit' | |
| Serbo-Croatian[12] | пиће / piće | [pǐːt͡ɕě] | 'drink' | |
| Slovak | pes | [pɛ̝s] | 'dog' | |
| Spanish[13] | peso | [ˈpe̞so̞] | 'weight' | |
| Swahili | pombe | [ˈpoᵐbɛ] | 'beer' | |
| Swedish | apa | [ˈɑːˌpa] | 'monkey' | |
| Thai | แป้ง/paeng | [pɛ̂ːŋ] | 'powder' | |
| Tsez | пу/pu | [pʰu] | 'side' | |
| Turkish | kap | [kʰäp] | 'pot' | |
| Ukrainian[14] | павук/pavuk | [pɐˈβ̞uk] | 'spider' | |
| Vietnamese[15] | nhíp | [ɲip˧ˀ˥] | 'tweezers' | |
| Welsh | siop | [ʃɔp] | 'shop' | |
| West Frisian | panne | [ˈpɔnə] | 'pan' | |
| Yi | ꀠ / ba | [pa˧] | 'exchange' | |
| Central Alaskan Yup'ik | panik | [panik] | 'daughter' | |
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[16] | pan | [paŋ] | 'bread' |
Notes
change- ↑ Dum-Tragut (2009:17)
- ↑ Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:53)
- ↑ Basbøll (2005:61)
- ↑ Gussenhoven (1992:45)
- ↑ Fougeron & Smith (1993:73)
- ↑ Rogers & d'Arcangeli (2004:117)
- ↑ Okada (1999:117)
- ↑ Gilles & Trouvain (2013:67–68)
- ↑ Jassem (2003:103)
- ↑ Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
- ↑ Padgett (2003:42)
- ↑ Landau et al. (1999), p. 66.
- ↑ Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003:255)
- ↑ Danyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 4.
- ↑ Thompson (1959:458–461)
- ↑ Merrill (2008:108)
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