Bilabial Consonant

In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:
rowspan="2" | IPA rowspan="2" | Description colspan="4" | Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
style="text-align:center" | bilabial nasal English man style="color:#700000"> man
style="text-align:center" | voiceless bilabial plosive English spin style="color:#700000"> spin
style="text-align:center" | voiced bilabial plosive English bed style="color:#700000"> bed
style="text-align:center" | voiced bilabial approximant Spanish lobo style="color:#700000"> wolf
style="text-align:center" | voiceless bilabial fricative Japanese 富士山 (fujisan) style="color:#700000"> Mount Fuji
style="text-align:center" | voiced bilabial fricative Dutch waar style="color:#700000"> authentic
style="text-align:center" | bilabial trill | | |
style="text-align:center" | bilabial click | | |

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