Bilabial ejective

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Bilabial ejective stop
IPA Number 101 + 401
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal) p​ʼ
Unicode (hex) U+0070 U+02BC
X-SAMPA p_>
Braille ⠏ (braille pattern dots-1234) ⠐ (braille pattern dots-5) ⠄ (braille pattern dots-3)

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 <phonos file="пӏакӏэ.ogg">[pʼaːt͡ʃʼa]</phonos> '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 <phonos file="цӏапӏэ.ogg">[t͡sʼaːpʼa]</phonos> 'mean'
Nez Perce p’íłin [ˈpʼiɬin] 'hole'
Quechua p’acha [pʼat͡ʃa] 'clothes'
Ubykh [saakʲʼawəpʼtsʼaj] 'what is your name?' See Ubykh phonology

See also

References

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