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Voiced bilabial nasal [m]
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The voiced bilabial nasal [m] is a consonant phone.
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Features[edit | edit source]
The voiced bilabial nasal has the following features:
- Its manner of articulation is a nasal, which means that the airflow is directed through the nasal cavity while the mouth is closed.
- Its place of articulation is bilabial, which means that the sound is produced by bringing both lips together.
- It’s phonation is as a voiced consonant, which means that the vocal cords vibrate during the articulation of the sound.
Classification[edit | edit source]
It’s classified as a bilabial nasal, and has no voiceless counterpart.
Representation[edit | edit source]
In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), it has the IPA symbol ⟨m⟩, and the IPA number 109.
English[edit | edit source]
In English, this is the standard pronunciation of the M phoneme /m/, as in words like man and come.
