Voiceless linguolabial plosive
| Voiceless linguolabial plosive | |
|---|---|
| t̼ | |
| p | |
| Audio sample | |
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| Encoding | |
| X-SAMPA | t_N or p_N |
A voiceless linguolabial plosive is a rare consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents it is ⟨t̼⟩ or less commonly ⟨p⟩ (p̼).
Features
Features:
- Its manner of articulation is occlusive, which means it is produced by obstructing airflow in the vocal tract. Since the consonant is also oral, with no nasal outlet, the airflow is blocked entirely, and the consonant is a plosive.
- Its place of articulation is linguolabial, which means it is articulated with the tongue against the upper lip.
- Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
- It is an oral consonant, which means that air is not allowed to escape through the nose.
- Its airstream mechanism is pulmonic, which means it is articulated by pushing air only with the intercostal muscles and abdominal muscles, as in most sounds.
Occurrence
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Araki[1] | mo haip̈ir̄u | [mo hait̼iru] | 'seven' | |
| Tangoa[2] | p̈ep̈e | [t̼et̼e] | 'butterfly' | |
| pangepange | ⓘ | 'child' | ||
| Umotína | in unpublished data[3] | |||
References
- ^ François, Alexandre (2002). Araki: A disappearing language of Vanuatu (PDF). Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 522. Canberra: Australian National University. pp. 14–16. hdl:1885/146137. ISBN 0-85883-493-6.
- ^ Ladefoged, Peter; Maddieson, Ian (1996). The Sounds of the World's Languages. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 19. ISBN 0-631-19815-6.
- ^ Martin, Samuel E.; Hockett, Charles F. (October 1956). "A Manual of Phonology". Language. 32 (4): 675. doi:10.2307/411090. JSTOR 411090.