Bilabial ejective stop

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Bilabial ejective stop
IPA Number101 + 401
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)p​ʼ
Unicode (hex)U+0070 U+02BC
X-SAMPAp_>
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[edit]

Features of the bilabial ejective:

Occurrence[edit]

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
Adyghe пӏакӏэ [pʼaːt͡ʃʼa] 'thin'
Amharic ጴጥሮስ/p̣iéṭros [pʼetʼros] 'Peter'
Armenian Yerevan dialect[1] պոչ/pochʿ [pʼotʃʰ] 'tail' Corresponds to tenuis [p⁼] in other Eastern dialects
Chechen пӏелг / phelg / ڢەلگ [pʼelɡ] 'finger'
Ganza[2]: 95  [pʼá̰bḭ́] 'gathering'
Georgian ელა/pepela [pʼɛpʼɛlɑ] 'butterfly'
Hadza bbu [ɦuːpʼu] 'to lift something heavy' (mimetic)
Haida ttappad [tʼapʼat] 'to break' (mimetic)
Halkomelem əq̓ [pʼəqʼ] 'white'
Kabardian цӏапӏэ / çae / ڗاه [t͡sʼaːpʼa] 'mean'
Kunigami p'aapaa [pʼaːpː] 'grandmother'
Nez Perce p’íłin [ˈpʼiɬin] 'hole'
Ossetian Iron пъовыр/phovyr [ˈpʼovɪ̈r] 'cook'
Quechua p’acha [pʼat͡ʃa] 'clothes'
Ubykh wıp'ts'e [wɨpʼtsʼɜ] 'your name' See Ubykh phonology
Yurok[3] kaap' [kaːpʼ] 'leaves'

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Dum-Tragut (2009:17–18)
  2. ^ Smolders, Joshua (2016). "A Phonology of Ganza" (pdf). Linguistic Discovery. 14 (1): 86–144. doi:10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.470. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  3. ^ "Yurok consonants". Yurok Language Project. UC Berkeley. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2021-04-17.

References[edit]

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009). Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian. London Oriental and African Language Library. Vol. 14. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. ISBN 978-90-272-8879-0. LCCN 2009037609.

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