Voiceless bilabial plosive - In German

The voiceless bilabial plosive is a type of consonantal sound used in many spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is p, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is p. The voiceless bilabial plosive in English is spelled with 'p', as in pit or speed. [p] is missing from about 10% of languages that have a [ ...

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• Voiceless bilabial plosive - Features
• Voiceless bilabial plosive - Varieties of the voiceless bilabial plosive
• Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Arabic
• Voiceless bilabial plosive - In English
• Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Georgian
• Voiceless bilabial plosive - In German
• Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Greek

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English has both aspirated and plain [p], but they are allophones. When [p] occurs at the beginning of a word or a stressed syllable, like in print, support, or potato, then it is always aspirated. When it occurs at the beginning of an unstressed syllable that isn't at the beginning of a word, like in occupant, vapid, or keeper, then it is always unaspirated. When [p] occurs in a consonant cluster following [s], like in spin, sprain, or suspend, then it is always unaspirat ...

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Voiceless bilabial plosive, Voiceless bilabial plosive - Features, Voiceless bilabial plosive - Varieties of the voiceless bilabial plosive, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Arabic, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In English, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Georgian, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In German, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Greek

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Ancient Greek had plain and aspirated [p] phonemes, written pi (π) and phi (φ) respectively. The aspirated form developed into [f] by Hellenistic times, perhaps earlier. In reading ancient Greek, both in Greece and elsewhere, φ is commonly pronounced [f]. In standard Modern Greek, there is only [p] (π); φ is pronounced [f]. ...

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Voiceless bilabial plosive, Voiceless bilabial plosive - Features, Voiceless bilabial plosive - Varieties of the voiceless bilabial plosive, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Arabic, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In English, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Georgian, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In German, Voiceless bilabial plosive - In Greek

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