Voiced labial–velar stop | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Voiced labial–velar stop


00:00:47 1 Features
00:01:57 2 Occurrence
00:02:06 3 See also



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The voiced labial–velar stop is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. It is a [ɡ] and [b] pronounced simultaneously. To make this sound, one can say go but with the lips closed as if one were saying Bo; the lips are to be released at the same time as or a fraction of a second after the g of go is pronounced. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ɡ͡b⟩. Its voiceless counterpart is voiceless labial–velar stop, [k͡p].
The voiced labial–velar stop is commonly found in Niger-Congo languages, e.g. in   Igbo (Volta-Congo, in the name  [iɡ͡boː] itself) or in  Bété (Atlantic-Congo), e.g. in the surname of   Laurent Gbagbo ([ɡ͡baɡ͡bo]), former president of Ivory Coast.