Bilabial ejective stop

A 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 Template:Angbr IPA.

Features

Features of a bilabial ejective stop:

Occurrence

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		Template:Lang	Template:Audio-IPA	'thin'
Amharic		Template:Lang/Template:Transliteration	Template:IPA	'Peter'
Armenian	Yerevan dialect<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	Template:Lang/Template:Transliteration	Template:IPA	'tail'	Corresponds to tenuis Template:IPA in other Eastern dialects
Chechen		Template:Lang / Template:Lang / Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'finger'
Damin		p'ngu	Template:IPA	'after'	Varies with a "bilabial spurt" [ʘ↑]
Ganza<ref name="Smolders-2016"> Template:Cite journal</ref>Template:Rp		Template:IPA		'gathering'
Georgian		Template:Lang/Template:Transliteration	Template:IPA	'butterfly'
Hadza		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'to lift something heavy'	(mimetic)
Haida		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'to break'	(mimetic)
Halkomelem		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'white'
Kabardian		Template:Lang / Template:Lang / Template:Lang	Template:Audio-IPA	'mean'
Kunigami		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'grandmother'
Lushootseed	Northern Lushootseed	p̓uay̓	Template:IPA	'flounder'
Nez Perce		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'hole'
Ossetian	Iron	Template:Lang/Template:Transliteration	Template:IPA	'cook'
Quechua		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'clothes'
Ubykh		wıp'ts'e	Template:IPA	'your name'	See Ubykh phonology
Yurok<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		Template:Lang	Template:IPA	'leaves'

See also

• Index of phonetics articles

References

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External links

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