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A voiceless bilabial implosive is a rare consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɓ̥⟩ or ⟨pʼ↓⟩. A dedicated IPA letter, ⟨ƥ⟩, was withdrawn in 1993.
Features of the voiceless bilabial implosive:
A rare and evidently unstable sound, /ɓ̥/ is found in the Serer of Senegal and in the Owere dialect of Igbo in Nigeria. It can also be found in Ngiti in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
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Kaqchikel | b'ojoy | 'pot' | ||
Mam | b'aj | 'finish' | In free variation with /ɓ/. | |
Serer | Contrasts /ɓ̥, ɗ̥, ʄ̊, ɓ, ɗ, ʄ/. | |||
Ngiti |