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Bilabial stop

In phonetics and phonology, a bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips, held tightly enough to block the passage of air. The most common sounds are the stops and, as in English pit and bit, and the voiced nasal. More generally, several kinds are distinguished:, voiceless bilabial plosive , voiced bilabial plosive , voiced bilabial nasal , voiceless bilabial nasal , voiced bilabial implosive , bilabial ejective (rare) or, voiceless bilabial implosive

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In phonetics and phonology, a bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence bilabial), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant). The most common sounds are the stops [p] and [b], as in English pit and bit, and the voiced nasal [m]. 1 More generally, several kinds are distinguished:

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  1. Ogden, Richard (2017). An Introduction to English Phonetics. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781474411752. JSTOR 10.3366/j.ctt1g0b2j9.
  2. "Describing consonants". home.cc.umanitoba.ca. Retrieved 2019-04-08.