labiodental consonant

In phonetics, labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lips and the upper teeth, or viceversa. The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

rowspan="2" \| IPA	rowspan="2" \| Description	colspan="4" \| Example
Language	Orthography	IPA	Meaning
\| labiodental nasal \| English \| symphony¹ \| style="color:#700000">ɱfəni \| symphony
\| voiceless labiodental fricative \| English \| fan \| style="color:#700000">fæn \| fan
\| voiced labiodental fricative \| English \| van \| style="color:#700000">væn \| van
\| labiodental approximant \| Dutch \| wang \| style="color:#700000">ʋɑŋ \| cheek
p̪	voiceless labiodental plosive	\| \| \|
b̪	voiced labiodental plosive	\| \| \|

Notes:

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

See also