Bilabial stop

In phonetics and phonology, a bilabial stop is a type of consonantal sound, made with both lips (hence bilabial), held tightly enough to block the passage of air (hence a stop consonant). The most common sounds are the stops and, as in English pit and bit, and the voiced nasal. More generally, several kinds are distinguished:


 * , voiceless bilabial plosive
 * , voiced bilabial plosive
 * , voiced bilabial nasal
 * , voiceless bilabial nasal
 * , voiced bilabial implosive
 * , bilabial ejective (rare)
 * or, voiceless bilabial implosive (very rare)