Labial-velar approximant
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w | |
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Pulmonic Consonant | |
IPA: | w |
X-SAMPA: | w |
Kirshenbaum: | w |
Place of Articulation: | Labial-velar |
Manner of Articulation: | Approximant |
Phonological features: | [+approximant] [+sonorant] |
The labial-velar approximant is a semi-vowel, and can be considered a consonantal version of the vowel u.
Labial-velar approximants in natlangs
Voiced | w | win /wɪn/ |
Unvoiced | (p,t,k)w; (q)u | twin /twɪn/ [tw̥ɪn] |
Voiced | わ (wa) | 私 /watasi/ |
Voiced | v | vīdī /wiːdiː/ |
Voiced | hu, uh | cihuātl /siwaːtɬ/ |