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Labiodental consonant



         


Places of articulation
Labial consonant
Bilabial consonant
Labiodental consonant
Linguolabial consonant
Coronal consonant
Dental consonant
Retroflex consonant
Alveolar consonant
Postalveolar consonant
Alveolo-palatal consonant
Palatal consonant
Labial-palatal consonant
Velar consonant
Labial-velar consonant
Uvular consonant
Pharyngeal consonant
Epiglottal consonant
Glottal consonant


Labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lips and the upper teeth, or viceversa.

The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:


IPA SymbolNameExampleMeaning
Voiceless labiodental plosive no English equivalent
Voiced labiodental plosive no English equivalent
ɱ labiodental nasal English [ˈkʰæɱ.fɚ] camphor 1
f Voiceless labiodental fricative English [fæt] fat
v Voiced labiodental fricative English [væt] vat
ʋ labiodental approximant Dutch [ʋɑŋ] wang (="cheek")


Notes:

  1. [ɱ] is not a separate phoneme in English, but an allophone of [m] that occurs before [v] and [f].
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