Bilabial stop
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Template:Redirect-distinguish2 In phonetics and phonology, a bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence bilabial), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant). The most common sounds are the stops Template:IPA and Template:IPA, as in English pit and bit, and the voiced nasal Template:IPA. <ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> More generally, several kinds are distinguished:
- Template:IPA, voiceless bilabial plosive<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:IPA, voiced bilabial plosive
- Template:IPA, voiced bilabial nasal
- Template:IPA, voiceless bilabial nasal
- Template:IPA, voiced bilabial implosive
- Template:IPA, bilabial ejective (rare)
- Template:IPA or Template:IPA, voiceless bilabial implosive (very rare)