| Above: | Voiced labiodental affricate |
| Ipa Symbol: | b̪v |
The voiced labiodental affricate (pronounced as /[b̪͡v]/ in IPA) is a rare affricate consonant that is initiated as a voiced labiodental stop pronounced as /[b̪]/ and released as a voiced labiodental fricative pronounced as /[v]/.
Features of the voiced labiodental affricate:
| Language | Word | Meaning | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teochew | Chinese: [[Chinese characters|未來]] Uncoded languages: [[Peng'im|'''bh'''uê<sup>7</sup> lai<sup>5</sup>]] | pronounced as /[b̪͡vue꜔꜔ lai˥˥]/ | 'future' | Allophone of /b/ before /u/ in Chaoyang dialect | ||
| English | Some speakers | invent | pronounced as /[ɪɱˈb̪͡vent]/ | 'invent' | Allophone of /v/ after nasal consonants for some speakers. Usually occurs in fast and/or casual speech. | |
| obvious | pronounced as /[ˈɑˌb̪͡viˌəs]/ | 'obvious' | Occasional pronunciation of a /bv/ or /pv/ consonant cluster. | |||
| Some central-south dialects | Italian: [[Italian orthography|in '''v'''etta]] | pronounced as /[iɱˈb̪͡vet̪t̪ä]/ | 'at the top' | Labiodental; allophone of pronounced as //v// after nasals. See Italian phonology | ||
| Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch: Kam'''pf''' am Ënnergrond | pronounced as /[{{nowrap|ˈkʰɑmb͡v ɑm}}<br/>ˈənɐɡʀont]/ | 'underground battle' | Allophone of a word-final pronounced as //pf// before a word-initial vowel. Occurs only in German loanwords. See Luxembourgish phonology | |||
| Ngiti | a'''bv'''ɔ | pronounced as /[āb̪͡vɔ̄]/ | 'thorny vine' | Less commonly [{{IPA link|b͡β}}] | ||
| Sopvoma (Mao)[1] | '''bv'''óthà | pronounced as /[b̪͡vótʰà]/ | 'kill by goring' | Distinct from the voiced labiodental fricative [{{IPA link|v}}]. | ||
| XiNkuna dialect | shilebvu | pronounced as /[ʃileb̪͡vu]/ | 'chin' | |||
pronounced as /navigation/