Voiced labial–velar plosive | |
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É¡Í¡b | |
IPA Number | 110 (102) |
Audio sample | |
Encoding | |
Entity (decimal) | ɡ͡b |
Unicode (hex) | U+0261 U+0361 U+0062 |
The voiced labial–velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is a [É¡] and [b] pronounced simultaneously and is considered a double articulation. [1] To make this sound, one can say go but with the lips closed as if one were saying Bo; the lips are to be released at the same time as or a fraction of a second after the g of go is pronounced. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨É¡Í¡b⟩. Its voiceless counterpart is voiceless labial–velar plosive, [kÍ¡p].
The voiced labial–velar plosive is commonly found in Niger-Congo languages, e.g. in Igbo ( Volta-Congo) in the name [iÉ¡Í¡boË] itself; or in Bété ( Atlantic-Congo), e.g. in the surname of Laurent Gbagbo [É¡Í¡baÉ¡Í¡bo], former president of Ivory Coast.
Features of the voiced labial–velar stop:
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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Dyula | gba | [ɡ͡bɑ] | 'bench' | |
Ega [2] | [ɡ͡bá] | 'finish' | ||
Ewe | Èʋegbe | [èβeɡ͡be] | 'Ewe language' | |
Igbo | Igbo | [iÉ¡Í¡boË] | 'Igbo' | |
Kalabari [3] | ágbá | [áɡ͡bá] | 'paint' | |
Kissi | gbɛŋgbo | [ɡ͡bɛŋɡ͡bɔ] | 'stool' | |
Mono ( Ubangian) [4] | gba | [É¡Í¡ba] | 'moisten' | |
Nigerian Pidgin [5] | [ example needed] | Phonemic. Found in substrate words and later loanwords from native Nigerian languages. See Languages of Nigeria. | ||
Temne [6] | kʌgbara | [kʌɡ͡bara] | 'coconut' | |
Tyap | aÌ mgbaÌ m | [É™mÉ¡Í¡bÉ™m] | 'all' | |
Volow [7] | nleqÌ„evÄ“n | [n.lɛᵑáµÉ¡Í¡bʷɛβɪn] | 'woman' | with labiovelar release |
Yoruba | gbogbo | [ɡ͡boɡ͡bo] | 'all' |
… the commonest double articulations consist of the simultaneous articulation of stops at two locations, most frequently labial-velar [kp] [gb], written [k͡p] [ɡ͡b] when the coarticulation has to be made explicit in transcription. This particular type of double articulation is often called ‘labiovelar,’ a term which must be avoided in a strictly systematic phonetic taxonomy in which the first half of such a compound term refers to the lower articulator.