Voiced bilabial affricate

The voiced bilabial affricate ([b͡β] in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a bilabial stop [b] and released as a voiced bilabial fricative [β]. It has not been reported to occur phonemically in any language.

Features

Features of the voiced bilabial affricate:

  • Its manner of articulation is affricate, which means it is produced by first stopping the airflow entirely, then allowing air flow through a constricted channel at the place of articulation, causing turbulence.
  • Its place of articulation is bilabial, which means it is articulated with both lips.
  • Its phonation is voiced, which means the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation.
  • It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
  • It is a central consonant, which means it is produced by directing the airstream along the center of the tongue, rather than to the sides.
  • The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.

Occurrence

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Banjun[1]
EnglishBroad Cockney[2]rub[ˈɹ̠ɐˑb͡β]'rub'Sporadic allophone of /b/.[3] See English phonology
Received Pronunciation[4]Rare allophone of /b/.[4] See English phonology
Scouse[5][ˈɹ̠ʊˑb͡β]Possible syllable-initial and word-final allophone of /b/.[5] See English phonology
Shipibo[6]boko[ˈb͡βo̽ko̽]'small intestine'Possible realization of /β/. See Shipibo phonology.[6]
Ngiti[7]abvɔ[āb͡βɔ̄]'thorny vine'Rarely [bβ] more commonly [b̪v][8]

Notes

  1. "Phoible 2.0 -".
  2. Wells (1982), pp. 322–323.
  3. Wells (1982), p. 323.
  4. 1 2 Cruttenden (2014), p. 172.
  5. 1 2 Wells (1982), p. 372.
  6. 1 2 Valenzuela, Márquez Pinedo & Maddieson (2001).
  7. Kutsch Lojenga (1992), p. 31.
  8. Kutsch Lojenga (1992), p. 45.

References

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