Voiced bilabial trill

A voiced bilabial trill is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is Template:Angbr IPA, a small capital letter b.

Features

Features of a voiced bilabial trill: Template:Trill In most instances, it is only found as the trilled release of a prenasalized stop. Template:Bilabial Template:Voiced Template:Oral Template:Central-lateral Template:Pulmonic

Occurrence

Plain

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Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Medumba		main}}ʉ	main}}Template:Citation needed	'dog'
Ngwe	Lebang dialect	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'ash'
Pirahã		lang}}	main}}	'evil spirit'	Allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}} before {{#invoke:IPA|main}}
		ʔíbogi	Template:Audio-IPA	'milk'
Damin		prуuu	main}}	'branch'	Varies between single pr [ʙ] or doubled pr2 [ʙ\ʙ]
Komi-Permyak<ref>Wichmann, Yrjö; Uotila, T. E. (1942). Syrjänischer Wortschatz nebst Hauptzügen der Formenlehre. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura.</ref>		Бунгаг	main}}	'dung beetle'	Generally paralinguistic. This is the only true word it is found in.
Kwomtari<ref name="Foley-Sepik">Template:Cite book</ref>		Template:Example needed
Sko<ref name="Foley-Sepik" />		Template:Example needed

Prenasalized

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Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Kele<ref name="Ladefoged 2005 165">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref name="Bowern-titan">Template:Cite book</ref>		{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'face'	And other languages of the Admiralty Islands
Titan<ref name="Ladefoged 2005 165" /><ref name="Bowern-titan"/>		{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'wooden plate'
Unua<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>		{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'pig'
Ahamb<ref name="ahamb">Template:Citation</ref>		{{#invoke:IPA|main}}		'pig'	main}} and {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.
Kilmeri<ref name="Foley-Sepik" />		Template:Example needed

Prestopped trills and stops with trill release

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Sangtam	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}<ref name="Coupe">Template:Citation.</ref>		'needle'	main}}, contrasts with {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.<ref name="Coupe" />
Lizu<ref name="chir78">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref><ref name="Chirkova2012">Chirkova, Katia (2012). "The Qiangic Subgroup from an Areal Perspective: A Case Study of Languages of Muli" (Archive). In Languages and Linguistics 13(1):133-170. Taipei: Academia Sinica.</ref>	TU,	main}}	'bean'	main}} after initial {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.<ref name="chir78" />
Namuyi<ref name="palvik">Template:Harvcoltxt</ref>	lang}}	main}}<ref name="palvik" />	'to slaughter'	Phonemic according to Template:Harvcoltxt occurring before {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or as a syllabic consonant. {{#invoke:IPA|main}} is classified as an allophone of {{#invoke:IPA|main}} following a {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}} or {{#invoke:IPA|main}} in the phonemic analysis of Template:Harvcoltxt, and Template:Harvcoltxt.<ref>Template:Harvcoltxt</ref> No bilabial trills are present in the phonemic analysis of Template:Harvcoltxt.
	lang}}	main}}<ref name="palvik" />	'wild'
	lang}}	main}}<ref name="palvik" />	'to deliver'
	{{#invoke:IPA|main}}<ref name="palvik"/>		surname
Pumi<ref name="Chirkova2012" />	lang}}	main}}	'to dig'	main}} after {{#invoke:IPA|main}}.

Phonology

In many of the languages in which the bilabial trill occurs, it occurs only as part of a prenasalized bilabial stop with trilled release, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. That developed historically from a prenasalized stop before a relatively high back vowel like {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. In such instances, the sounds are usually still limited to the environment of a following {{#invoke:IPA|main}}. However, the trills in Mangbetu may precede any vowel<ref>See, e.g., among the numerous data of Robert G. McKee's "Concerning Meegye and Mangbetu’s bilabial trills," in Advances in Nilo-Saharan Linguistics: Proceedings of the 8th Nilo-Saharan Linguistics Colloquium, University of Hamburg, August 22–25, 2001, Doris L. Payne & Mechthild Reh (eds.), 181–189 (2007, Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, Cologne).</ref> and are sometimes preceded by only a nasal.

See also

• Index of phonetics articles
• Voiceless bilabial trill

References

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External links

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