Voiced labiodental affricate
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The voiced labiodental affricate ([b̪͡v] in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a voiced labiodental stop [b̪] and released as a voiced labiodental fricative [v].

Features

Features of the voiced labiodental 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.
  • There are two variants of the stop component:
    • bilabial, which means it is articulated with both lips. The affricate with this stop component is called bilabial-labiodental.
    • labiodental, which means it is articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
  • The fricative component of this affricate is labiodental, articulated with the lower lip and the upper teeth.
  • 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
ChineseTeochew未來 bh7 lai5[b̪͡vue꜔꜔ lai˥˥]'future'Allophone of /b/ before /u/ in Chaoyang dialect[1]
EnglishSome speakersinvent[ɪɱˈb̪͡vent]'invent'Allophone of /v/ after nasal consonants for some speakers. Usually occurs in fast and/or casual speech.
obvious[ˈɑˌb̪͡viˌəs]'obvious'Occasional pronunciation of a /bv/ or /pv/ consonant cluster.
ItalianSome central-south dialects[2]in vetta[iɱˈb̪͡vet̪t̪ä]'at the top'Labiodental; allophone of /v/ after nasals.[2] See Italian phonology
Luxembourgish[3]Kampf am Ënnergrond[ˈkʰɑmb͡v ɑm
ˈənɐɡʀont]
'underground battle'Allophone of a word-final /pf/ before a word-initial vowel. Occurs only in German loanwords.[3] See Luxembourgish phonology
Ngiti[4]abvɔ[āb̪͡vɔ̄]'thorny vine'Less commonly [b͡β][5]
Sopvoma (Mao)[6]bvóthà[b̪͡vótʰà]'kill by goring'Distinct from the voiced labiodental fricative [v].
TsongaXiNkuna dialectshilebvu[ʃileb̪͡vu]'chin'

Notes

References

  • Zhang, Guangyu (2016). 閩客方言史稿 [History of Min & Hakka Dialects] (增訂本 ed.). Wu-Nan Book Inc. ISBN 9789571187419.
  • Canepari, Luciano (1992), Il MªPi – Manuale di pronuncia italiana [Handbook of Italian Pronunciation] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, ISBN 88-08-24624-8
  • Gilles, Peter; Trouvain, Jürgen (2013), "Luxembourgish" (PDF), Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 43 (1): 67–74, doi:10.1017/S0025100312000278
  • Kutsch Lojenga, Constance (1994), Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire, Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, ISBN 978-3-927620-71-1
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