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Bilabial ejective stop | |||
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pʼ | |||
IPA Number | 101 + 401 | ||
Audio sample | |||
source · help | |||
Encoding | |||
Entity (decimal) | pʼ | ||
Unicode (hex) | U+0070 U+02BC | ||
X-SAMPA | p_> | ||
Braille | |||
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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 ⟨pʼ⟩.
Features of the bilabial ejective:
In addition to the languages listed below, this sound is also a common phonological feature of the Ethiopian linguistic area, especially Ethiopian Semitic languages.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes | |
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Adyghe | пӏакӏэ | 'thin' | |||
Amharic | ጴጥሮስ/p̣iéṭros | 'Peter' | |||
Armenian | Yerevan dialect | պոչ/pochʿ | 'tail' | Corresponds to tenuis in other Eastern dialects | |
Chechen | пӏелг / phelg / ڢەلگ | 'finger' | |||
Ganza: 95 | 'gathering' | ||||
Georgian | პეპელა/pepela | 'butterfly' | |||
Hadza | hûbbu | 'to lift something heavy' | (mimetic) | ||
Haida | ttappad | 'to break' | (mimetic) | ||
Halkomelem | p̓əq̓ | 'white' | |||
Kabardian | цӏапӏэ / çaṗe / ڗاࢠه | 'mean' | |||
Kunigami | p'aapaa | 'grandmother' | |||
Nez Perce | p’íłin | 'hole' | |||
Ossetian | Iron | пъовыр/phovyr | 'cook' | ||
Quechua | p’acha | 'clothes' | |||
Ubykh | wıp'ts'e | 'your name' | See Ubykh phonology | ||
Yurok | kaap' | 'leaves' |