| Voiced labial–velar approximant | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| w | |||
| IPA number | 170 | ||
| Audio sample | |||
| Encoding | |||
| Entity(decimal) | w | ||
| Unicode(hex) | U+0077 | ||
| X-SAMPA | w | ||
| Braille | |||
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| Compressed labial–velar approximant | |
|---|---|
| ɰᵝ |
Avoiced labial–velar approximant is a type ofconsonantal sound, used in certainspokenlanguages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the letter⟨w⟩ in the English alphabet;[1] likewise, the symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨w⟩, or rarely[ɰʷ]. In most languages it is thesemivocalic counterpart of aclose back rounded vowel[u]. In inventory charts of languages with otherlabialized velar consonants,/w/ will be placed in the same column as those consonants. When consonant charts have only labial and velar columns,/w/ may be placed in the velar column, labial column, or both. The placement may have more to do with convenience or phonological criteria than with phonetics.[2]
For alabialized post-palatal approximant sometimes described as avoiced labial–prevelar approximant, which is more fronted in the place of articulation than a prototypical labial–velar approximant, seeLabial–palatal approximant § Post-palatal.
Features of a voiced labial–velar approximant:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | ауаҩы /awaẅy | [awaˈɥə] | 'human' | SeeAbkhaz phonology | |
| Adyghe | о /o | [wɐ] | 'you (singular)' | SeeAdyghe phonology | |
| Alemannic | Bernese | Giel | [ɡ̊iə̯w] | 'boy' | Allophone of[l] |
| Arabic | Modern Standard[3] | وَرْد /ward | [ward] | 'rose' | SeeArabic phonology |
| Assamese | ৱাশ্বিংটন /Washington | [wasiŋtɔn] | 'Washington' | ||
| Basque | lau | [law] | 'four' | ||
| Belarusian | воўк /voŭk | [vɔ̝u̯k]ⓘ | 'wolf' | SeeBelarusian phonology | |
| Bengali | ওয়াদা /wada | [wá̠d̪a̠ˑ] | 'promise' | Fortitional allophone of the semivowels[o̯] and[u̯], especially in loan words. SeeBengali phonology | |
| Berber | ⴰⵡⴰⵍ /äwäl | [æwæl] | 'speech' | ||
| Breton | nav | [ˈnaw] | 'nine' | ||
| Bulgarian | Colloquial | лопата /lopata | [woˈpat̪ɐ] | 'shovel' | Contemporary pronunciation of/ɫ/, an ongoingsound change. SeeBulgarian phonology. |
| Pernik dialects | This dialect has a long-standing tradition of pronouncing/ɫ/ as/w/, similar to the Polish language. Independent of the similar sound change happening in the standard language. | ||||
| Standard Bulgarian | уиски /uiski | [ˈwisk̟i] | 'whiskey' | Appears in borrowings. SeeBulgarian phonology | |
| Burmese | ဝါဒ /wadạ | [wàda̰] | 'belief' | ||
| Catalan[4] | quart | [ˈkwɑɾt] | 'fourth' | Post-lexically after/k/ and/ɡ/. SeeCatalan phonology | |
| Chinese | Cantonese | 挖 /waat | [wɑːt̚˧]ⓘ | 'dig' | SeeCantonese phonology |
| Mandarin | 挖 /wā | [wa̠˥]ⓘ | SeeMandarin phonology | ||
| Danish | hav | [hɑw] | 'ocean' | Allophone of[v] | |
| Dutch | Colloquial | kouwe | [ˈkʌu̯wə] | 'cold' | Lenited allophone of/d/ after/ʌu̯/. Corresponds to/d/ in the standard language (cf.koude). SeeDutch phonology |
| StandardSurinamese | welp | [wɛɫp] | 'cub' | May also occur in this context in some continental Dutch accents and/or dialects.[5][6] Corresponds to[ʋ] in most of the Netherlands and to[β̞] in Belgium and (southern) parts of the Netherlands. SeeDutch phonology | |
| English | weep | [wiːp] | 'weep' | SeeEnglish phonology | |
| French[7] | oui | [wi]ⓘ | 'yes' | SeeFrench phonology | |
| German | Quelle | [kweːlə] | 'source' | Some regions[citation needed] | |
| Hawaiian[8] | wikiwiki | [witiwiti] | 'fast' | May also be realized as[v]. SeeHawaiian phonology | |
| Hebrew | Mizrahi | כּוֹחַ /kowaḥ | [ˈkowaħ] | 'power' | SeeModern Hebrew phonology |
| Hindustani[9] | Hindi | विश्वास /viśvās | [ʋɪʃwäːs] | 'belief' | Allophone of/ʋ/. SeeHindustani phonology |
| Urdu | وشواس /viśvās | ||||
| Irish | vóta | [ˈwoːt̪ˠə] | 'vote' | SeeIrish phonology | |
| Italian[10] | uomo | [ˈwɔːmo] | 'man' | SeeItalian phonology | |
| Kabardian | уэ /wə | [wɐ]ⓘ | 'you (singular)' | ||
| Karakalpak | туўыў /tuwıw | [tʰuˈwuw] | 'birth' | ||
| Kazakh | ауа /aua | [ɑ̝wɑ̝́] | 'air' | ||
| Korean | 왜가리 /waegari | [wɛɡɐɾi] | 'heron' | SeeKorean phonology | |
| Kyrgyz | аба /aba | [ɑ̀w̜ɑ] | 'air' | Lenited allophone of/b/. SeeKyrgyz phonology | |
| Lao | ຫວານ /wan | [wǎːn] | 'sweet' | SeeLao phonology | |
| Luxembourgish[11] | zwee | [t͡swe̝ː] | 'two' | Allophone of/v/ after/k,t͡s,ʃ/.[12] SeeLuxembourgish phonology | |
| Malay | wang | [waŋ] | 'money' | ||
| Malayalam | ഉവ്വ /uvva | [uwːɐ] | 'yes' | /ʋ/ around rounded vowels for some speakers. | |
| Mayan | Yucatec | witz | [wit͡s] | 'mountain' | |
| Mongolian | гавал /ᠭᠠᠪᠠᠯᠠ /gawal | [ɢ̥á̠w̜ɐ̆ɬ] | 'skull' | ||
| Nepali | हावा /hawa | [ɦa̠wa̠] | 'wind' | SeeNepali phonology | |
| Odia[13] | ଅଗ୍ରୱାଲ୍ /ogrowal | [ɔgɾɔwäl] | 'Agrawal' | ||
| Pashto | ﻭﺍﺭ /wār | [wɑr] | 'one time' | ||
| Persian | Dari | وَرزِش /warzish | [warˈzɪʃ] | 'sport' | May approach/ʋ/ in some regional dialects. |
| Farsi | نَو /nov | [now] | 'new' | Only in a diphthong or colloquially. | |
| Polish[14] | łaska | [ˈwäskä]ⓘ | 'grace' | SeePolish phonology. Corresponds to[ɫ] in older pronunciation and eastern dialects. | |
| Portuguese[15] | Most dialects | quando | [ˈkwɐ̃du] | 'when' | Post-lexically after/k/ and/ɡ/. SeePortuguese phonology |
| boa | [ˈbow.wɐ] | 'good' (f.) | Epenthetic glide or allophone of/u/, following a stressed rounded vowel and preceding an unrounded one.[16] | ||
| GeneralBrazilian | qual | [ˈkwaw] | 'which' | Allophone of/l/ in coda position for most Brazilian dialects.[15] | |
| Romanian | dulău | [d̪uˈl̪əw]ⓘ | 'mastiff' | SeeRomanian phonology | |
| Russian | волк /volk | [wou̯k] | 'wolf' | Southern dialects. | |
| Serbo-Croatian | Croatian[17] | vuk | [wûːk] | 'wolf' | Allophone of/ʋ/ before/u/.[17] SeeSerbo-Croatian phonology |
| Slovene[18][19] | cerkev | [ˈt͡sèːrkəw] | 'church' | Allophone of/ʋ/ in the syllable coda.[18][19] Voiceless[ʍ] before voiceless consonants. SeeSlovene phonology | |
| Sotho | sewa | [ˈsewa] | 'epidemic' | SeeSesotho phonology | |
| Svan | კუ̂ენ /k’wen | [kʼwen] | 'marten' | ||
| Spanish[20] | cuanto | [ˈkwãn̪t̪o̞] | 'as much' | SeeSpanish phonology | |
| Swahili | mwanafunzi | [mwɑnɑfunzi] | 'student' | ||
| Swedish | Central Standard[21] | Labialized approximant consonant; allophone of/ɡ/ in casual speech before the protruded vowels/ɔ,oː/. SeeSwedish phonology | |||
| Tagalog | araw | [ˈɐɾaw] | 'day' | SeeTagalog phonology | |
| Thai | แหวน /waen | [wɛ̌ːn] | 'ring' | SeeThai phonology | |
| Toki Pona | wile | [wile] | 'to want' | ||
| Vietnamese[22] | Standard | uỷ | [ʔwi˧˩] | 'to delegate' | SeeVietnamese phonology |
| Southern | quê | [wej˧˧] | 'hometown' | ||
| Ukrainian | любов /liubov | [lʲubɔw]ⓘ | 'love' | SeeUkrainian phonology | |
| Welsh | gwae | [ɡwaɨ] | 'woe' | SeeWelsh phonology | |
| West Frisian | skowe | [skoːwə] | 'to shove' | ||
| Nasalized voiced labial–velar approximant | |
|---|---|
| w̃ |
Anasalized voiced labial–velar approximant is a type ofconsonantalsound used in some languages. The symbol in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is typically ⟨w̃⟩ (anasalized ⟨w⟩), though for preciseness ⟨ɰ̃ʷ⟩ (a nasalized andlabialized ⟨ɰ⟩) may also be seen.
Features of a nasal labial–velar approximant:
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guaraní | Paraguayan[23] | guaraníme | [ɰ̃ʷãɾ̃ãˈnĩmẽ] | 'in Guarani' | Allophone of/ɰ/ in the digraph⟨gu⟩, nasalized due tovowel-consonant harmony.[23] |
| Kaingang[24] | [w̃ĩ] | 'to see' | Possible word-initial realization of/w/ before a nasal vowel.[25] | ||
| Polish[citation needed] | są | [sɔw̃] | 'they are' | SeePolish phonology | |
| Portuguese | Most dialects[26][27] | são | [sɐ̃w̃] | 'saint', 'they are' | Allophone of/w/ afternasal vowels. SeePortuguese phonology |
| Some dialects[28] | muamba | [ˈmw̃ɐ̃bɐ] | 'smuggling', 'jobbery', 'stash' | Non-syllabic allophone of/u/ betweennasal sounds. | |
| Marathi | संशय /saṃśay | [sə̃w̃ʃəe̯] | 'doubt' | Anuswara (ṁ) preceding र (r), व (v), श (ś), ष (ṣ), स (s), ह (h) or ज्ञ (jñ/dnya) is rendered as 'w̃'. | |
| Seri | cmiique | [ˈkw̃ĩːkːɛ] | 'person' | Allophone of/m/. | |
| Shipibo[29] | banwan[30] | [βɐ̃ˈw̃ɐ̃] | 'parrot' | Allophone of/w/ after nasal vowels.[29] | |
| Telugu | ఆమ్లం /āmlaṃ | [aːw̃alaw̃] | 'acid' | Common colloquial pronunciation of intervocalic and final m. May also be a[ʋ̃].[31] | |
| Uwa | táw̃aya | [ˈtaw̃aja] | 'yellow' | ||
| Yoruba | wọ́n | [w̃ɔ̃́n] | 'they' | Allophone of/w/ before nasal vowels. | |
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