| Voiced bilabial plosive | |
|---|---|
| b | |
| IPA number | 102 |
| Audio sample | |
| Encoding | |
| Entity(decimal) | b |
| Unicode(hex) | U+0062 |
| X-SAMPA | b |
| Braille |  |
Thevoiced bilabial plosive orstop is a type ofconsonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨b⟩, and the equivalentX-SAMPA symbol isb. The voiced bilabial stop occurs in English, and it is the sound denoted by the letter⟨b⟩ inobey[oʊˈbeɪ].
Features of the voiced bilabial stop:
| IPA | Description |
|---|---|
| b | plain b |
| bʷ | labialised |
| b̜ʷ | semi-labialised |
| b̹ʷ | strongly labialised |
| bʲ | palatalised |
| bʱ | breathy voiced |
| bˠ | velarised |
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | бгъу /bġ° | [bʁʷə]ⓘ | 'nine' | ||
| Albanian | bletë | ['bletə] | 'bee' | ||
| Arabic | Standard[1] | باب /baab /bāb | [baːb] | 'door' | SeeArabic phonology |
| Assyrian | ܒܒܐbaba | [baːba] | 'father' | ||
| Armenian | Eastern[2] | բարի/bari | [bɑˈɾi]ⓘ | 'kind' | |
| Basque | bero | [beɾo] | 'hot' | ||
| Bengali | বলো /balo | [bɔlo] | 'say!' | Contrasts with aspirated form. SeeBengali phonology | |
| Catalan[3] | bell | [ˈbeʎ] | 'beautiful' | SeeCatalan phonology | |
| Chechen | борз /borz | [borz] | 'wolf' | ||
| Czech | bota | [ˈbota] | 'boot' | SeeCzech phonology | |
| Danish | Standard[4][5] | løber | [ˈløːbɐ] | 'runner' | Only partially voiced; possible allophone of/b/ in the intervocalic position. More often voiceless[p].[4][5] SeeDanish phonology |
| Dutch[6] | boer | [buːr] | 'farmer' | SeeDutch phonology | |
| English | aback | [əˈbæk]ⓘ | 'aback' | SeeEnglish phonology | |
| Esperanto | batalo | [baˈtalo] | 'war' | SeeEsperanto phonology | |
| Filipino | buto | [buto] | 'bone' | ||
| French[7] | boue | [bu] | 'mud' | SeeFrench phonology | |
| Georgian[8] | ბავშვი /bavšvi | [ˈbavʃvi] | 'child' | ||
| German | aber | [ˈäːbɐ]ⓘ | 'but' | SeeStandard German phonology | |
| Greek | μπόχα /bócha | [ˈbo̞xa] | 'reek' | SeeModern Greek phonology | |
| Gujarati | બક્રી /bakri | [bəkri] | 'goat' | SeeGujarati phonology | |
| Hebrew | בית /báyit | [bajit] | 'house' | SeeModern Hebrew phonology | |
| Hindustani | Hindi | बाल /bāl | [bäːl] | 'hair' | Contrasts with aspirated version/bʱ/. SeeHindi-Urdu phonology |
| Urdu | بال /bāl | ||||
| Hungarian | baba | [ˈbɒbɒ] | 'baby' | SeeHungarian phonology | |
| Italian[9] | bile | [ˈbile] | 'rage' | SeeItalian phonology | |
| Japanese[10] | 番 /ban | [baɴ] | '(one's) turn' | SeeJapanese phonology | |
| Kabardian | бгъуы/bg"uy | [bʁʷə]ⓘ | 'nine' | ||
| Korean | 지붕 /jibung | [t͡ɕibuŋ] | 'roof' | SeeKorean phonology | |
| Kurdish | Northern | bav | [bɑːv] | 'father' | SeeKurdish phonology |
| Central | باوک/bâwk | [bɑːwk] | |||
| Southern | باوگ/bâwig | [bɑːwɨg] | |||
| Luxembourgish[11] | geblosen | [ɡ̊əˈbloːzən] | 'blown' | More often voiceless[p].[11] SeeLuxembourgish phonology | |
| Macedonian | убав/ubav | [ˈubav] | 'beautiful' | SeeMacedonian phonology | |
| Malay | baru | [bäru] | 'new' | ||
| Maltese | għatba | [aːtˈba] | 'threshold' | ||
| Marathi | बटाटा /baṭāṭā | [bəˈʈaːʈaː] | 'potato' | SeeMarathi phonology | |
| Nepali | बाटो /bāṭo | [bäʈo] | 'path' | SeeNepali phonology | |
| Norwegian | bål | [ˈbɔːl] | 'bonfire' | SeeNorwegian phonology | |
| Odia | ବାର/barô | [bärɔ] | 'twelve' | Contrasts with aspirated form. | |
| Persian | خوب/ xub | [xub] | 'good' | SeePersian phonology | |
| Pirahã | pibaóí | [ˈpìbàóí̯] | 'parent' | ||
| Polish[12] | bas | [bäs]ⓘ | 'bass' | SeePolish phonology | |
| Portuguese[13] | bato | [ˈbatu] | 'I strike' | SeePortuguese phonology | |
| Punjabi | ਬਿੱਲੀ/billī | [bɪlːi] | 'cat' | ||
| Romanian[14] | bou | [bow] | 'bull' | SeeRomanian phonology. | |
| Russian[15] | рыба /ryba | [ˈrɨbə] | 'fish' | Contrasts withpalatalized form. SeeRussian phonology | |
| Serbo-Croatian[16] | биће /biće | [bǐːt͡ɕě] | 'being' | SeeSerbo-Croatian phonology | |
| Slovak | byť | [bi̞c] | 'to be' | ||
| Slovene | biti | [ˈbìːt̪í] | 'to be' | ||
| Southern Min | 閩 /ban | [ban] | 'Fujian province' | Only in colloquial speech. | |
| Spanish[17] | invertir | [ĩmbe̞ɾˈt̪iɾ] | 'to invest' | SeeSpanish phonology | |
| Swedish | bra | [ˈbɾɑː] | 'good' | May be anapproximant in casual speech. SeeSwedish phonology | |
| Telugu | బడి | [badi] | 'school' | Contrasts with aspirated form. Aspirated form is articulated asbreathy consonant. | |
| Thai | บำบัด /bam-bàt | [bam.bat̚] | 'therapy' | SeeThai phonology | |
| Turkish | bulut | [ˈbuɫut̪] | 'cloud' | SeeTurkish phonology | |
| Tyap | bai | [bai] | 'to come' | ||
| Ukrainian[18] | брат /brat | [brɑt̪] | 'brother' | SeeUkrainian phonology | |
| Welsh | mab | [mɑːb] | 'son' | SeeWelsh phonology | |
| West Frisian | bak | [bak] | 'tray' | ||
| Wu | 皮 /bi | [bi] | 'skin' | ||
| Xiang | 浮 /baw | [bau] | 'to float' | ||
| Yi | ꁧ /bbo | [bo˧] | 'mountain' | ||
| Zapotec | Tilquiapan[19] | bald | [bald] | 'few' | |
