| Voiced Bilabial Fricative |
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The voiced bilabial fricative is a type of Consonant al sound, used in some Spoken Language s. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is B. The symbol is the Greek Letter Beta . This symbol is also sometimes used to represent the Bilabial Approximant , though that is more clearly written with the lowering diacritic, . FEATURES Features of the voiced bilabial fricative:
IN ENGLISH This sound does not exist in English. An English speaker can make this sound by pronouncing a ''b'', with the lips touching only lightly, so that they 'buzz' as they do for a ''v''. IN OTHER LANGUAGES Ewe Ewe contrasts a bilabial , written , with a labiodental /v/, written '''v''', as in "Ewe" vs. "two". Spanish In some dialects of European Spanish, ''v'' is pronounced In other European dialects, as well as most American Spanish, both ''b'' and ''v'' are approximants [ between vowels, though they are often transcribed ''as if'' they were fricatives. SEE ALSO |
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