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Voiced bilabial plosive

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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. It is familiar to English-speakers as the "b" sound in "obey". The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is b.

Features

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Sagittal section of a voiced bilabial plosive

Features of a voiced bilabial stop:

Occurrence

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Occurrence of [b] in several languages
Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
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
Breton bara [baɾa] 'bread'
Catalan[3]bell[ˈbeʎ]'beautiful'See Catalan phonology
Chechenборз / borz[borz]'wolf'
Czechbublina[ˈbublɪna]'bubble'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
Hindustani Hindi बाल / bāl [bäːl] 'hair' Contrasts with aspirated version /bʱ/. See Hindi-Urdu phonology
Urdu بال / 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
Kurdish Northern bav [bɑːv] 'father' See Kurdish phonology
Central باوک/bâwk [bɑːwk]
Southern باوگ/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'
Malayalam ലം/balam [bɐlɐm] 'strength' See Malayalam phonology
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]бабушка / babushka[ˈbabuʂka]'fish'Contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology
Serbo-Croatian[16]биће / biće[bǐːt͡ɕě]'being'See Serbo-Croatian phonology
Slovakb[bi̞c]'to be'
Slovene biti [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.
Thai ัด / 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
Welsh mab [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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