Labiodental consonant

Places of articulation
Labial consonant
Bilabial consonant
Labiodental consonant
Linguolabial consonant
Coronal consonant
Interdental consonant
Dental consonant
Retroflex consonant
Alveolar consonant
Postalveolar consonant
Alveolo-palatal consonant
Dorsal consonant
Palatal consonant
Labial-palatal consonant
Velar consonant
Labial-velar consonant
Uvular consonant
Pharyngeal consonant
Epiglottal consonant
Glottal consonant
Place of articulation
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Labiodentals are consonants articulated with the lower lips and the upper teeth, or viceversa.

The labiodental consonants identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

IPA Symbol Name Example Meaning
Voiceless labiodental plosive ''no English equivalent
Voiced labiodental plosive ''no English equivalent
ɱ labiodental nasal English [ˈkʰæɱ.fɚ] camphor 1
f Voiceless labiodental fricative English [fæt] fat
v Voiced labiodental fricative English [væt] vat
ʋ labiodental approximant Dutch [ʋɑŋ] wang (="cheek")

Notes:

  1. [ɱ] is not a separate phoneme in English, but an allophone of [m] that occurs before [v] and [f].

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