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voiceless bilabial implosive

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}

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|ipa symbol = ɓ̥

|ipa symbol2 = ƥ

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The voiceless bilabial implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is {{angbr IPA|ɓ̥}} or {{angbr IPA|pʼ↓}}. A dedicated IPA letter, {{angbr IPA|ƥ}}, was withdrawn in 1993.

Features

Features of the voiceless bilabial implosive:

{{plosive}}

{{bilabial}}

{{voiceless short}}

{{oral}}

{{central-lateral}}

{{voiceless implosive}}

Occurrence

A rare and evidently unstable sound, {{IPA|/ɓ̥/}} is found in the Serer of Senegal and in the Owere dialect of Igbo in Nigeria. It can also be found in Ngiti in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite thesis |last=Kutsch Lojenga |first=Constance |year=1994 |title=Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire |type=PhD |location=Köln |publisher=Rüdiger Köppe Verlag |page=31}} It is also found in multiple Mayan languages, such as Kaqchikel, Mam, and Akatek.

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!Word

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!Meaning

!Notes

Akatek

|kaapʼ

|{{IPA|[kaːɓ̥]}}

|'two'

|Word-final allophone of /ɓ/

KaqchikelPatal Majzul et al., 2000, pp. 24ff.

|b'ojoy

|{{IPA|[ɓ̥oχoj]}}

|'pot'

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Mam{{Cite book |last=England |first=Nora C. |title=A grammar of Mam, a Mayan language |date=1983 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=0292729278 |location=Austin |oclc=748935484}}

|b'aj

|{{IPA|[ɓ̥aχ]}}

|'finish'

|In free variation with /ɓ/.

Serer{{Harvcoltxt|Mc Laughlin|2005|p=203}}

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| Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/.

Ngiti{{cite thesis |last=Kutsch Lojenga |first=Constance |year=1994 |title=Ngiti: a Central-Sudanic language of Zaire |type=PhD |location=Köln |publisher=Rüdiger Köppe Verlag}}

|{{Example needed|date=July 2023}}

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

=Works cited=

  • {{Citation |last=Mc Laughlin |first=Fiona |year=2005 |title=Voiceless implosives in Seereer-Siin |journal=Journal of the International Phonetic Association |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=201–214 |doi=10.1017/S0025100305002215 |s2cid=145717014}}

External links

  • {{phoible|ɓ̥}}

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Category:Bilabial consonants

Category:Implosives

Category:Voiceless oral consonants