Voiced labiodental fricative

Voiced labiodental fricative
v
IPA Number	129
Encoding
Entity (decimal)	v
Unicode (hex)	U+0076
X-SAMPA	v

The voiced labiodental fricative is a type of consonant. The letter for this sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet is ⟨v⟩. The X-SAMPA symbol for this sound is ⟨v⟩. The English language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by 'v' in very and division.

See also in retroflex

counterpart

Features

• The airstream mechanism is pulmonic. This means that this sound is produced by pushing air solely with the lungs and diaphragm, as in most sounds.
• The phonation is voiced. This means that the vocal cords vibrate while the sound is being pronounced.
• The place of articulation (where the sound is produced) is labiodental. This means that this sound is produced with the lower lips and the upper teeth.
• The manner of articulation (how the sound is produced) is fricative. This means that this sound is produced by constricting air flow through a narrow channel at the place of articulation, to make turbulence.

Examples

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning
Abkhaz		европа	[evˈropʼa]	'Europe'
Afrikaans		wees	[vɪəs]	'to be'
Albanian		valixhe	[vaˈlidʒɛ]	'case'
Arabic	Algerian	كاڥي‎	[kavi]	'ataxy'
	Hejazi	ڤيروس	[vajˈruːs]	'virus'
	Siirt	ذهب	[vaˈhab]	'gold'
Armenian	Eastern	վեց	[vɛtsʰ]	'six'
Assyrian		ܟܬܒ̣ܐ ctava	[ctaːva]	'book'
Bai	Dali	?	[ŋv˩˧]	'fish'
Bulgarian		вода	[voda]	'water'
Catalan	Alguerese	vell	[ˈveʎ]	'old'
	Balearic
	Southern Catalonia
	Valencian
Chechen		вашa / vaṣa	[vaʃa]	'brother'
Chinese	Wu	饭	[vɛ]	'cooked rice'
	Sichuanese	五	[v]	'five'
Czech		voda	[ˈvodä]	'water'
Danish	Standard	véd	[ve̝ːˀð̠˕ˠ]	'know(s)'
Dutch	All dialects	wraak	[vraːk]	'revenge'
	Most dialects	vreemd	[vreːmt]	'strange'
	Standard
English	All dialects	valve	[væɫv]	'valve'
	African American	breathe	[bɹiːv]	'breathe'
	Cockney		[bɹəi̯v]
Esperanto		vundo	[ˈvundo]	'wound'
Ewe		evlo	[évló]	'he is evil'
Faroese		veður	[ˈveːʋuɹ]	'speech'
French		valve	[valv]	'valve'
Georgian		ვიწრო	[ˈvitsʼɾo]	'narrow'
German		Wächter	[ˈvɛçtɐ]	'guard'
Greek		βερνίκι verníki	[ve̞rˈnici]	'varnish'
Hebrew		גב	[ɡav]	'back'
Hindi		व्रत	[vrət̪]	'fast'
Hungarian		veszély	[vɛseːj]	'danger'
Irish		bhaile	[vaːlə]	'home'
Italian		avare	[aˈvare]	'miserly' (f. pl.)
Judaeo-Spanish		mueve	[ˈmwɛvɛ]	'nine'
Kabardian		вагъуэ	[vaːʁʷa]	'star'
Macedonian		вода	[vɔda]	'water'
Maltese		iva	[iva]	'yes'
Norwegian	Urban East	venn	[ve̞nː]	'friend'
Occitan	Auvergnat	vol	[vɔl]	'flight'
	Limousin
	Provençal
Persian	Western	ورزش	[varzeʃ]	'sport'
Polish		wór	[vur]	'bag'
Portuguese		vila	[ˈvilɐ]	'town'
Romanian		val	[väl]	'wave'
Russian		волосы	[ˈvʷo̞ɫ̪əs̪ɨ̞]	'hair'
Serbo-Croatian		voda	[vɔ'da]	'water'
Slovak		vzrast	[vzräst]	'height'
Slovene		filozof		'philosopher'
Spanish		afgano	[ävˈɣ̞äno̞]	'Afghan'
Swedish		vägg	[ˈvɛɡː]	'wall'
Turkish		vade	[väːˈd̪ɛ]	'due date'
Tyap		vak	[vag]	'road'
Urdu		ورزش	[vəɾzɪʃ]	‘exercise’
Vietnamese		và	[vaː˨˩]	'and'
West Frisian		weevje	[ˈʋeɪ̯vjə]	'to weave'
Welsh		fi	[vi]	'I'
Yi		ꃶ/vu	[vu˧]	'intestines'

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