The voiced labiodental approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is something between an English /w/ and /v/, pronounced...

voiceless labiodental approximant distinct from the fricative. The approximant may be represented in the IPA as ⟨ʋ̥⟩. Features of the voiceless labiodental fricative:...

Norwegian the voiced labiodental fricative is in a free variation with the labiodental approximant. Features of the voiced labiodental fricative: Its manner...

labiodental sounds to occur phonemically are the fricatives and the approximant. The labiodental flap occurs phonemically in over a dozen languages, but it is...

that is ⟨β̞⟩. That sound may also be transcribed as an advanced labiodental approximant ⟨ʋ̟⟩, in which case the diacritic is again frequently omitted,...

bilabial approximant [β̞] bilabial trill [ʙ] bilabial percussive [ʬ] labiodental approximant [ʋ] labiodental nasal [ɱ] (symphony) voiced labiodental fricative...

/r/ phoneme is realized as a labiodental approximant [ʋ], in contrast to an alveolar approximant [ɹ]. The use of labiodental /r/ is commonly stigmatized...

articulation. Approximants with a dedicated IPA symbol are in bold. bilabial approximant [β̞] (usually transcribed ⟨β⟩) labiodental approximant [ʋ] linguolabial...

labiodentals is the English one, in which the nasal and the stops, [m], [p], and [b], are bilabial and the fricatives, [f], and [v], are labiodental....

people. The /ɱ/ might therefore be better characterized as a labiodental nasal approximant than as a nasal occlusive. Nonetheless, [ɱ] is extremely common...

form, [ʋ], is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for a labiodental approximant. Its Unicode code points are U+01B2 and U+028B, respectively. Ỽỽ...

though in IPA an actual Greek upsilon is also used for the voiced labiodental approximant; Pullum called this letter script V and Unicode calls it V with...

Zulu languages of Africa, have lateral clicks. When pronouncing the labiodental fricatives [f] and [v], the lip blocks the airflow in the centre of the...

The voiced labial–velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in certain spoken languages, including English. It is the sound denoted by the...

The voiced labial–palatal (or labio-palatal) approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It has two constrictions in the...

The voiced velar approximant is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

The voiced palatal approximant, or yod, is a type of consonant used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

International Phonetic Alphabet, the symbol ⟨ʋ⟩ is used to represent a labiodental approximant. In astrophysics and physical cosmology, ϒ refers to the mass-to-light...

alveolar approximant [ɹ]. The realisation of /ʋ/ also varies somewhat by area and speaker. The main realisation is a labiodental approximant [ʋ], but...

Labial-palatal approximant (ɥ) Labial-palatal consonant Labial-velar approximant (w) Labial-velar consonant Labial-velar nasal (ŋ͡m) Labiodental approximant (ʋ)...

The voiced alveolar approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents...

pharynɡealized) alveolar lateral approximant, often called "dark L". Some scholars also posit the voiceless alveolar lateral approximant distinct from the fricative...

The voiced alveolar lateral approximant is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet...

The voiceless labiodental affricate ([p̪͡f] in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a labiodental stop [p̪] and released as a voiceless...

shifted the sound to a voiced uvular fricative [ʁ] or a voiced uvular approximant [ʁ̞]. The other main theory is that the uvular R originated within Germanic...

greeting Servus ('hello' or 'goodbye'). In Dutch, ⟨w⟩ became a labiodental approximant /ʋ/ (with the exception of words with -⟨eeuw⟩, which have /eːβ/...

English, /v/ is often pronounced like /w/, sounded as [w] or as a labiodental approximant [ʋ]. Some Indian speakers make various changes in the pronunciation...

personal names use w for v. Both correspond to the same phoneme, the labiodental approximant /ʋ/, a v without the fricative ("hissing") quality of the English...

The voiced labiodental plosive or stop is a consonant sound produced like a [b], but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in [v]. This can...

collation. (See Esperanto orthography.) In Nsenga, ŵ denotes the labiodental approximant /ʋ/. In Chichewa, ŵ (present for example in the name of the country...