Bilabial consonant

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Bilabial consonants are a type of labial consonant: those whose production involves contact between the lower lip and the upper lip.

They are widespread among human languages. The bilabial nasal in particular exists in most natural languages.

List of bilabial consonants

• /m/ - Bilabial nasal
• /b/ - Voiced bilabial stop
• /p/ - Voiceless bilabial stop
• /β/ - Voiced bilabial fricative
• /ɸ/ - Voiceless bilabial fricative
• /ʙ/ - Bilabial trill
• /ʘ/ - Bilabial click
• /w/ - Bilabial/Velar approximant
• /ʍ/ - Voiceless Bilabial/Velar approximant

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