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

IPA Description Example
Language Orthography IPA Meaning
voiceless labiodental plosive
voiced labiodental plosive
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labiodental nasal English symphony1 [ˈsɪɱfəni] symphony
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voiceless labiodental fricative English fan [fæn] fan
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voiced labiodental fricative English van [væn] van
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labiodental approximant Dutch wang [ʋɑŋ] cheek

Notes:

  1. /ɱ/ is not a separate phoneme in English, but an allophone of /m/ that occurs before /v/ and /f/.
  2. The stops (the plosives and the nasal) are not confirmed to exist as separate phonemes in any language.

See also

See also: Labiodental consonant, Allophone, Alveolar consonant, Alveolo-palatal consonant, Apical consonant, Bilabial consonant, Cheek, Consonant, Coronal consonant