Bilabial ejective

Bilabial ejective
IPA number 101 + 401
Encoding
Entity (decimal) pʼ
Unicode (hex) U+0070U+02BC
X-SAMPA p_>
Kirshenbaum p`
Braille ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234)⠐ (braille pattern dots-5)⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)
Sound
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The bilabial ejective is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is .

Features

Features of the bilabial ejective:

Occurrence

In addition to the languages listed below, this sound is also common in Ethiopian Semitic languages.

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Adyghe пӏакӏэ  [pʼaːt͡ʃʼa]  'thin'
Armenian Yerevan dialect[1] պոչ [pʼotʃʰ] 'tail' Corresponds to tenuis [p⁼] in other Eastern dialects
Chechen пӏелг [pʼelɡ] 'finger'
Georgian არ [ˈpʼar] 'sun'
Hadza bbu [ɦuːpʼu] 'to lift something heavy' (mimetic)
Haida ttappad [tʼapʼat] 'to break' (mimetic)
Kabardian цӏапӏэ  [t͡sʼaːpʼa]  'mean'
Nez Perce p’íłin [ˈpʼiɬin] 'hole'
Quechua p’acha [pʼat͡ʃa] 'clothes'
Ubykh [saakʲʼawəpʼtsʼaj] 'what is your name?' See Ubykh phonology

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