Voiceless labial-velar plosive

The voiceless labial–velar plosive is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is a and pronounced simultaneously. To make this sound, say Coe, but close your lips as if you were saying Poe; release your lips at the same times as or a fraction of a second after you pronounce the C of Coe. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

The voiceless labial–velar plosive is found in Vietnamese and various languages in West and Central Africa. In Yoruba it is written with a simple ‹p›.

Features

Features of the voiceless labial–velar plosive:

Occurrence

Similar sounds

Some languages, especially in Papua New Guinea and in Vanuatu, combine this voiceless labial–velar plosive with a labial–velar approximant release, hence . Thus Mwotlap (Banks Islands, north Vanuatu) has ('my father-in-law').

In the Banks Islands languages which have it, the phoneme is written in local orthographies.In other languages of Vanuatu further south (such as South Efate, or Lenakel), the same segment is spelled .

See also

• List of phonetics topics
• Doubly articulated consonant

References

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