View source for Voiced labial–alveolar plosive

{{Short description|Consonantal sound}}
{{Infobox IPA
|above=Voiced labial–alveolar plosive
|ipa symbol=d͡b
|ipa symbol2=d̪͡b
}}

The '''voiced labial–alveolar plosive''' is a type of [[Consonant|consonantal]] sound used in some [[Spoken language|spoken languages]]. It is a {{IPAblink|d}} and {{IPAblink|b}} pronounced simultaneously. The symbol in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] that represents this sound is {{IPA|⟨d͡b⟩}}.

== Features ==
Features of the voiced labial–alveolar plosive are:

{{plosive}}
* Its [[place of articulation]] is [[labial–alveolar consonant|labial–alveolar]], which means that it is simultaneously articulated with the front part of the [[tongue]] against the [[alveolar ridge]] and the [[lips]].
{{voiced}}
{{oral}}
{{central articulation}}
{{pulmonic}}

== Occurrence ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Language
!Dialect
!Word
![[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]
!Meaning
!Notes
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Abkhaz language|Abkhaz]]<ref name="ARA">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ApzO7A7-xcUC&q=abkhaz+labialized|title = Annual Review of Anthropology|year = 1977|isbn = 9780824319069| last1=Siegel | first1=Bernard J. | publisher=Annual Reviews Incorporated }}</ref><ref name="Catford">{{Cite journal |last=Catford |first=J. C. |year=1977 |title=Mountain of Tongues: The Languages of the Caucasus |journal=Annual Review of Anthropology |volume=6 |pages=290 |doi=10.1146/annurev.an.06.100177.001435 |isbn=9780824319069 |editor-first=Bernard J. |editor-last=Siegel |url=https://archive.org/details/annualreviewofan06bern/page/282/}}</ref>
| colspan="3" |{{Example needed|date=September 2023}}
|In free variation with [dʷ]; contrasts /t͡pʰ, d͡b, t͡pʼ/. See [[Abkhaz phonology]].
|-
|[[Lak language|Lak]]<ref name="Catford" />
|Some dialects
| colspan="3" |{{Example needed|date=September 2023}}
|Contrasts /t͡p, d͡b, t͡pʼ/.
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Nzema language|Nzema]]<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Berry|first=J.|date=1955|title=Some Notes on the Phonology of the Nzema and Ahanta Dialects|journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies|language=en|volume=17|issue=1|pages=160–165|doi=10.1017/S0041977X00106421|s2cid=162551544 |issn=1474-0699}}</ref>
| colspan="3" |{{Example needed|date=September 2023}}
|Contrasts /t͡p, d͡b/.
|-
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" | [[Yele language|Yele]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Levinson |first1=Stephen C. |title=A Grammar of Yélî Dnye: The Papuan Language of Rossel Island |date=23 May 2022 |publisher=De Gruyter |doi=10.1515/9783110733853 |isbn=978-3-11-073385-3 |s2cid=249083265 |url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110733853 |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref>
| {{lang|yle|[[Yele_language#Orthography|Mb꞉ee'''tp'''uwo]]}} || {{IPA|[mbɛ̃ːd̪͡buw̪ɔ]}} || (place name) 
| rowspan="2" | Voiced between vowels. Contrasts [[voiced labial–retroflex plosive]].
|-
| {{lang|yle|[[Yele_language#Orthography|Kma'''tp'''i]]}} || {{IPA|[k͡pŋ͡mæd̪͡bi]}} || (a male name) 
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Labial–coronal consonants]]
[[Category:Doubly articulated consonants]]
[[Category:Pulmonic consonants]]