Voiceless linguolabial stop
The voiceless linguolabial stop is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is ⟨t̼⟩ or ⟨p̺⟩.
| Voiceless linguolabial stop | |
|---|---|
| t̼ | |
| p̺ | |
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Features
Features:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a stop.
- Its place of articulation is linguolabial, which means it is articulated with the tongue against the upper lip.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
- The airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangoa[1] | [t̼et̼e] | 'butterfly' | |||
gollark: I don't understand what you're asking, but you can just look at the website here: https://www.kura.tech/
gollark: What?
gollark: "Kura Technologies" apparently managed some very impressive things with accursed physicsy optics, but I don't think they're widely available now or have had proper external reviews.
gollark: I'm mostly interested in AR, since a better interface for looking at internet things on the go than my phone would be very convenient.
gollark: Yet most people in developed countries apparently have smartphones now.
References
- Ladefoged and Maddieson 1996, p. 19.
External links
- List of languages with [p̼] on PHOIBLE
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