Labial approximant

Labial approximant is the name of a class of consonants.

Subclasses

 * Labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨w⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
 * Voiceless labio-velar approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʍ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
 * Bilabial approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨β̞⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
 * Labiodental approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ʋ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet
 * Labialized palatal approximant, a consonant sound written as ⟨ɥ⟩ in the International Phonetic Alphabet