Bilabial ejective stop
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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 .

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.

LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Adygheпӏакӏэ / ṗaķe / ࢠ‍‍اڃە[pʼaːt͡ʃʼa]'thin'
Amharicጴጥሮስ / p̣iéṭros[pʼetʼros]'Peter'
ArmenianYerevan dialect[1]պոչ / pochʿ[pʼotʃʰ]'tail'Corresponds to tenuis [p⁼] in other Eastern dialects
Chechenпӏелг / phelg / ڢەلگ[pʼelɡ]'finger'
Daminp'ngu[pʼŋu]'after'Varies with a "bilabial spurt" [ʘ↑]
Ganza[2]: 95[pʼá̰bḭ́]'gathering'
Georgianპეპელა / pepela[pʼɛpʼɛlɑ]'butterfly'
Hadzahûbbu[ɦuːpʼu]'to lift something heavy'(mimetic)
Haidattappad[tʼapʼat]'to break'(mimetic)
Halkomelemp̓əq̓[pʼəqʼ]'white'
Kabardianцӏапӏэ / çaṗe / ڗاࢠه[t͡sʼaːpʼa]'mean'
Kunigamip'aapaa[pʼaːpaː]'grandmother'
LushootseedNorthern Lushootseedp̓uay̓[pʼuˈɑjʼ]'flounder'
Nez Percep’íłin[ˈpʼiɬin]'hole'
OssetianIronпъовыр / phovyr[ˈpʼovɪ̈r]'cook'
Quechuap’acha[pʼat͡ʃa]'clothes'
Ubykhwıp'ts'e[wɨpʼtsʼɜ]'your name'See Ubykh phonology
Yurok[3]kaap'[kaːpʼ]'leaves'

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Dum-Tragut (2009, pp. 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 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-04-17.

References

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