Labiodental flap

The labiodental flap is a consonant that occurs in several languages ​​of the Central African Republic and neighboring countries, for example in Margi and Kera, as well as in Zimbabwe. In addition, he is said to occur in the Austronesian language Sika. It is the unusual example of a non - rhotic flaps.

The bilabial flap seems to be an allophone in most languages ​​, if not all, so you could speak more generally of a labial flap.

Sign

In the linguistic literature of the labiodental flap has often been ad hoc circumscribed with the Brevis as IPA designation for extra soon: [V ], sometimes also with the symbol, which has been coined by Joseph Greenberg. After Dr. Kenneth S. Olsen had asked for the inclusion of the labiodental flap in the International Phonetic Alphabet, the International Phonetic Association in 2005 it agreed, v to denote it by a hook on the right:

The sign is a combination of v and ɾ, the sign of the alveolar tap.

This was for twelve years the first new character that was included in the IPA. The Unicode character set in version 5.1.0 to this extended characters (U 2 C71: ⱱ ). Alternatively, the similar letters Ischiza ( ѵ ) from the Cyrillic alphabet or U F25F from the Private Use Area (Recommendation of the IPA) will be used.

Education

Labiodental the flap begins with the lower lip on the inside of the upper incisors. Then flung the lower lip, which she passes along the upper incisors, or upper lip or both.

Examples

In the Sika labiodental flap can be heard with careful pronunciation, but it can be pronounced as or affricate as labiodental voiced plosive [b ]. He is both the voiced bilabial labiodental fricative as well as for in opposition:

X-SAMPA Kirshenbaum Margi language Flap consonant Izhitsa Voiced bilabial fricative Voiced labiodental fricative Place of articulation Labial consonant Bilabial consonant Labiodental consonant Dental consonant Alveolar consonant Retroflex consonant Palatal consonant Velar consonant Uvular consonant Pharyngeal consonant Glottal consonant Manner of articulation Fricative consonant Approximant consonant Implosive consonant Ejective consonant Voiceless bilabial stop Voiced bilabial stop Voiceless alveolar stop Voiced alveolar stop Voiceless retroflex stop Voiced retroflex stop Voiceless palatal stop Voiced palatal stop Voiceless velar stop Voiced velar stop Voiceless uvular stop Voiced uvular stop Bilabial nasal Labiodental nasal Alveolar nasal Retroflex nasal Palatal nasal Velar nasal Uvular nasal Bilabial trill Uvular trill Retroflex flap Voiceless bilabial fricative Voiceless labiodental fricative Voiceless dental fricative Voiced dental fricative Voiceless alveolar fricative Voiced alveolar fricative Voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant Voiced retroflex sibilant Voiced palatal fricative Voiceless velar fricative Voiced velar fricative Voiceless uvular fricative Voiced uvular fricative Voiceless pharyngeal fricative Voiced pharyngeal fricative Voiceless glottal fricative Voiced glottal fricative Labiodental approximant Alveolar approximant Retroflex approximant Palatal approximant Labio-velar approximant Retroflex lateral approximant Palatal lateral approximant Velar lateral approximant Velar approximant
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