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M
M 13th letter of the alphabet , usually representing a bilabial nasal as in the English much. It corresponds with the Greek mu. M is the Roman numeral for 1,000. ... Read more
B
B second letter of the alphabet . Its Greek correspondent is named beta. It is a usual symbol for a voiced bilabial stop. In musical notation it is used to represent a note in the scale. In chemistry B is the symbol of the element boron . ... Read more
P
P 16th letter of the alphabet , representing the voiceless bilabial stop. It corresponds to Greek pi, but in form it looks like Greek rho (see R ). For the technical use of P in higher criticism, see Old Testament . In chemistry P is the symbol of the element phosphorus . ... Read more
W
W 23d letter of the alphabet , in form a doubled u or v. It is the usual symbol of a voiced bilabial semivowel, as in the English wing. The same semivowel occurs as second member of the dipthongs au (as in house ), ō, and oo. In twice the w represents a voiceless semivowel, w... Read more

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BILABIAL
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language BILABIAL. A term in PHONETICS for a sound made with both lips: for example, /m/ as in move . See SPEECH .
M
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...and the Romans. Sound value The sound represented by m is normally a voiced bilabial nasal, but before /f/ the closure may be labio-dental rather than bilabial ( comfort ), and before /b, p/ an n may be pronounced /m/: none better...
SPEECH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...passive (as with the front teeth). Place of articulation For bilabial consonants, the narrowing is achieved by bringing the lips...the back of the tongue towards the VELUM . It is thus both bilabial and velar. Manner of articulation This refers mainly to the...
P
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...English, the letter p is normally pronounced as a voiceless bilabial plosive, as in pip . Phonetic variations in English include...well as in dreamt ) is unclear; at all events, the preceding bilabial m prepares the lips for p and is released as for /p/ with...
B
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...was adopted by the Greeks as beta , B, then by the Romans as B . Sound values In English, b normally represents the voiced bilabial stop, with p as its voiceless equivalent: bad/pad . Word-final b is rare, occurring mainly in monosyllables ( hub...
W
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...alternate in digraphs according to position: maw/maul , now/noun . Sound value In English, w normally represents a voiced bilabial semi-vowel, produced by rounding and then opening the lips before a full vowel, whose value may be affected. Vowel digraphs...
LABIAL
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language LABIAL. A term in PHONETICS for a sound made with the lips or a lip, such as /p, f/. When both lips are used, the sound is bilabial : /p, b/. When the lower lip is raised towards the upper front teeth, the sound is labio-dental : /f, v/.
ALPHABET
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...ALPHABET A system of written and printed LANGUAGE in which each symbol generally represents one sound, as with b for the voiced bilabial stop at the beginning of the word boat in the ROMAN alphabet as used for English. Nature In most alphabetic systems, such...

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Bilabial Contact Pressure and Oral Air Pressure During Tracheoesophageal Speech
Magazine article from: The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Objectives: This study compared bilabial contact pressure (CPsp) and oral air...laryngeal speakers. Nonspeech maximum bilabial contact pressures (CPmax) were measured...percentage of the range utilized for bilabial phonemes. Methods: Ten TE speakers...
Bilabial reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *q in Southern Vanuatu languages.(Squib)
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Following on an earlier description of sporadic reflexes of Proto-Oceanic *q in Malakula, another set of sporadic reflexes of the same protophoneme is discussed. In Southern Vanuatu languages, *q sporadically merges with the reflexes of *p that occur adjacent to *u. Because the Proto-Southern
The Proto-Oceanic labiovelars: some new observations.
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Oceanic labiovelar separately from a bilabial. This paper evaluates the various theories...bilabials and labiovelars; the use of the bilabial/labiovelar distinction to distinguish...phonemes combine, in one way or another, a bilabial and a velar articulation, though the...
Interview: Ken Olson discusses winning symbolic victory for labiodental flap
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 12/17/2005; ; 690 words ; ...for others. One example is what's called a bilabial trill--(makes sound of bilabial trill)--something like that. There's...called Mangbetu where you have both a voice bilabial trill--(makes sound of voice bilabial trill...
The phoneme inventory of the Aita dialect of Rotokas.(Squib)
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...of Central Rotokas as in (1). (1) BILABIAL ALVEOLAR VELAR VOICELESS p t k VOICED...arbitrary. (3) For example, the voiced bilabial is variously realized as [[beta...for the Aita dialect (274). (2) BILABIAL ALVEOLAR VELAR VOICELESS (STOPS) p...
Coronals and velars: support for Blust.(Squib)(Robert Blust)
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...obstruent system shows a preference for contrasts at the bilabial, alveolar, and velar places. The next most common contrastive...trends. There are three attested stop-system types that lack bilabial stops: we can see examples of these from Cayuga, Wichita...
The apicolabial shift in Nese.
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...three Proto-Oceanic (POC) bilabials *b, *p, and *m has bilabial, apicolabial, and alveolar reflexes in the environment of...alveolar, *p the strongest tendency to be reflected as a bilabial, with *b somewhere in between. A discussion of these different...
Lip service.(Kickshaws)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 11/1/2004; ; 352 words ; BILABIAL is defined as "of a consonant : produced with both lips." The word divides...the alphabetic values of L-A (12-1=11). The first five letters of BILABIAL anagram to I BLAB, an action produced with both lips. DAVE MORICE Iowa...
Nikolaus P. Himmelmann. 2001. Sourcebook on Tomini--Tolitoli languages: General information and word lists.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Oceanic Linguistics; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Petapa variety of Taje the phoneme written v was recorded as voiced bilabial fricative from two speakers, as the glottal fricative [h] from another, and as a voiceless bilabial fricative from still another (69); in some of the Tomini languages...
I missed some work, but my kid is forever. (fathers' voices)
Magazine article from: The Exceptional Parent; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...with Moebius syndrome usually have a lot of trouble forming "bilabial" sounds such as "M," "N," "P," and UB." Kathy and...trouble expressing his opinions. Oh, and he can pronounce his bilabial consonants just fine. So not to worry about him saying "Michael...