| Voiceless Labiodental Plosive |
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| CATEGORIES ABOUT VOICELESS LABIODENTAL PLOSIVE | |
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| labial consonants | |
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The voiced labiodental plosive is not known to be Phonemic in any language. However, it does occur Allophonically . The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has Affricate s, (that is, and [ȸ͡v ), which unlike the bilabial-labiodental affricate [p͡f] of German are purely labiodental. One reason that this sound may be so rare is that a person with uneven upper teeth, or gaps between the teeth, will not be able to completely block the flow of air out of the mouth, and therefore will tend to produce a fricative {Link without Title} rather than a plosive . FEATURES Features of the voiceless labiodental plosive:
IN GREEK {Link without Title} is an allophone of /p/ that occurs before /f/, as in <σάπφειρος> /ˈsap̪fiˌro̞s/ = "sapphire". SEE ALSO |
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