A voiceless labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a [p], but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in . This can be represented in the IPA as . A separate symbol not recognized by the IPA that was occasionally seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, is the qp ligature .
A voiceless labiodental plosive is possibly not phonemic in any language, though see the entry on Shubi. However, it does occur allophonically. The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, and . German ranges between , , and .
Features
Features of a voiceless labiodental stop:
Occurrence Language Word IPA Meaning Notes English up-front 'up-front' Common allophone of before the labiodentals and (although it is also possible for the labiodentals to shift to bilabial and , respectively, instead). Greek 'sapphire' See Modern Greek phonologySlovene'(I) see a sheaf'Allophone of before . See Slovene phonology.
See also List of phonetics topics Voiced labiodental plosive
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