Labial-velar approximant

w
Pulmonic Consonant
IPA:	w
X-SAMPA:	w
Kirshenbaum:	w
Place of Articulation:	Labial-velar
Manner of Articulation:	Approximant
Phonological features:	[+approximant] [+sonorant] [+contin-artic] [+contin-acous] [+delayed release] [+voice] [+LABIAL]   [+round] [+DORSAL]   [+high]   [+back]   [+tense]

The labial-velar approximant is a semi-vowel, and can be considered a consonantal version of the vowel u.

Labial-velar approximants in natlangs

English

Voiced	w	win /wɪn/
Unvoiced	(p,t,k)w; (q)u	twin /twɪn/ [tw̥ɪn]

Japanese

Voiced

わ (wa)

私 /watasi/

Latin

Voiced

v

vīdī /wiːdiː/

Nahuatl

Voiced	hu, uh	cihuātl /siwaːtɬ/
	(c)u, u(c)	cuīca /kwiːka/

See Also

• Voiceless labial-velar fricative - ʍ
• Palatal approximant - j