Voiced Labiodental Fricative
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X-SAMPA
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v
Kirshenbaum
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The
voiced labiodental fricative
is a type of
consonantal
sound, used in some
spoken
languages
. The symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet
that represents this sound is , and the equivalent
X-SAMPA
symbol is
v
. The voiced labiodental fricative occurs in
English
, and it is the sound denoted by the letter "v" in
visit
or
rave
. Speakers of languages in which it is lacking, such as
Japanese
, most dialects of
Chinese
, and many
Indo-Aryan languages
, may pronounce it as a
voiced bilabial plosive
or an
approximant
. Features of this consonant:
Its
manner of articulation
is
fricative
, which means it is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, causing
turbulence
.
Its
place of articulation
is
labiodental
which means it is articulated with the lower
lips
and the upper
teeth
, or vice-versa.
Its
phonation
type is voiced, which means the vocal cords are vibrating during the articulation.
It is an
oral consonant
, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth.
It is a
central consonant
, which means it is produced by allowing the airstream to flow over the middle of the tongue, rather than the sides.
The
airstream mechanism
is
pulmonic egressive
, which means it is articulated by pushing air out of the
lungs
and through the vocal tract, rather than from the
glottis
or the mouth.
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