Labial approximant

Labial approximant is the name of a class of consonants.

Subclasses
  • Labial consonant
    • Labio-velar consonant
      • Labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨w⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
      • Voiceless labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʍ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
    • Bilabial consonant
      • Bilabial approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨β̞⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
    • Labiodental consonant
      • Labiodental approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʋ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
    • Labialized consonant
      • Labialized palatal approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ɥ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
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