A bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .
Features Features of a bilabial ejective stop:
Occurrence In addition to the languages listed below, this sound is also a common phonological feature of the Ethiopian linguistic area, especially Ethiopian Semitic languages. Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Adyghe / / 'thin' Amharic / 'Peter' Armenian Yerevan dialect / 'tail' Corresponds to tenuis in other Eastern dialects Chechen / / 'finger' Damin p'ngu 'after' Varies with a "bilabial spurt" [ʘ↑] Ganza 'gathering' Georgian / 'butterfly' Hadza 'to lift something heavy' (mimetic) Haida 'to break' (mimetic) Halkomelem 'white' Kabardian / / 'mean' Kunigami 'grandmother'LushootseedNorthern Lushootseedp̓uay̓'flounder' Nez Perce 'hole' Nuxalk 'bunchberry' OssetianIron / 'cook' Quechua 'clothes' Ubykh wıp'ts'e 'your name' See Ubykh phonologyYurok'leaves'
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