Bilabial consonant
| Places of articulation |
| Labial |
| Bilabial |
| Labiodental |
| Linguolabial |
| Labial-velar |
| Coronal |
| Interdental |
| Dental |
| Retroflex |
| Alveolar |
| Postalveolar |
| Alveolo-palatal |
| Dorsal |
| Palatal |
| Labial-palatal |
| Velar |
| Uvular |
| Pharyngeal |
| Epiglottal |
| Glottal |
| Apical |
| Laminal |
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In phonetics, a bilabial consonant is a consonant articulated with both lips. The bilabial consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) are:
| IPA | Description | Example | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Language | Orthography | IPA | Meaning | ||
| Missing image Xsampa-m.png Image:Xsampa-m.png | bilabial nasal | English | man | [mæn] | man |
| Missing image Xsampa-p.png Image:Xsampa-p.png | voiceless bilabial plosive | English | spin | [spɪn] | spin |
| Missing image Xsampa-b.png Image:Xsampa-b.png | voiced bilabial plosive | English | bed | [bɛd] | bed |
| Missing image Xsampa-pslash.png Image:Xsampa-pslash.png | voiceless bilabial fricative | Japanese | 富士山 (fujisan) | [ɸuʝisaɴ] | Mount Fuji |
| Missing image Xsampa-B2.png Image:Xsampa-B2.png | voiced bilabial fricative | Dutch | waar | [βaɾ] | authentic |
| Missing image IPA-voiced_bilabial_approximant.png image:IPA-voiced_bilabial_approximant.png | bilabial approximant | Spanish | lobo | [loβ̞o] | wolf |
| Missing image Xsampa-Bslash.png Image:Xsampa-Bslash.png | bilabial trill | ||||
| Missing image Xsampa-Oslash.png Image:Xsampa-Oslash.png | bilabial click | ||||
Owere Igbo has a six-way contrast among bilabial plosives: [p pʰ ɓ̥ b b̤ ɓ].