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{{Infobox IPA|ipa-number=102|decimal=98|xsampa=b|kirshenbaum=b}}

The '''voiced bilabial stop''' is a type of [[consonant]]. The letter for this sound in the [[International Phonetic Alphabet]] is ⟨{{IPA|b}}⟩. The [[X-SAMPA]] symbol for this sound is {{monospace|⟨b⟩}}. The [[English language|English]] language has this sound, and it is the sound represented by "b" in ''bear'' and ''about''.

== Features ==
{{consonants|pulmonic|voiced|bilabial|plosive}}

== Examples == 
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2"|Language !! Word !! [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]!! Meaning
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Adyghe language|Adyghe]] || {{lang|kbd-Cyrl|[[Cyrillic script|'''б'''гъу]]}}/'''b'''ġ° ||{{Audio-IPA|Ady-9.oga|[bʁʷə]}}|| 'nine'
|-
| [[Arabic language|Arabic]] ||Standard<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Thelwall|1990|p=37}}</ref>|| {{lang|ar|[[Arabic alphabet|باب]]|rtl=yes}}/baab/bāb||{{IPA|[baːb]}}||'door'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Assyrian Neo-Aramaic|Assyrian]]|| [[Syriac alphabet|ܒܒܐ]] '''b'''aba || {{IPA|[baːba}}]|| 'father'
|-
| [[Armenian language|Armenian]]|| [[Eastern Armenian|Eastern]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Dum-Tragut|2009|p=13}}</ref>|| {{lang|am|[[Armenian alphabet|'''բ'''արի]]}}/bari ||{{Audio-IPA|bɑɾi.ogg |[bɑˈɾi]}} ||'kind'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Basque language|Basque]] || {{lang|bas|[[Basque alphabet|'''b'''ero]]}} || {{IPA|[beɾo]}}|| 'hot'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || [[Bengali alphabet|'''ব'''লো]]/balo ||{{IPA|[bɔlo]}} || 'say!'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Catalan language|Catalan]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Carbonell & Llisterri|1992|p=53}}</ref> || {{lang|ca|[[Catalan orthography|'''b'''ell]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbeʎ]}}|| 'beautiful'
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Chinese language|Chinese]] || [[Southern Min]] || [[Chinese characters|閩]]/ ban ||{{IPA|[ban]}} || '[[Fujian|Fujian province]]'
|-
| [[Wu Chinese|Wu]] || [[Chinese characters|皮]]/ bi ||{{IPA|[bi]}}||'skin'
|-
| [[Xiang Chinese|Xiang]] || [[Chinese characters|浮]]/ baw ||{{IPA|[bau]}} || 'to float' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Czech language|Czech]] || {{lang|cs|[[Czech orthography|'''b'''ota]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbota]}} || 'boot' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Dutch language|Dutch]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Gussenhoven|1992|p=45}}</ref> || {{lang|nl|[[Dutch orthography|'''b'''oer]]}} || {{IPA|[buːr]}}|| 'farmer'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[English language|English]] || [[English orthography|''a'''b'''ack'']] || {{IPA|en-us-aback.ogg|[əˈbæk]|help=no}}|| 'aback'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Esperanto]] || {{lang|eo|[[Esperanto orthography|'''b'''atalo]]}} || {{IPA|[baˈtalo]}}|| 'war'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Filipino language|Filipino]] || {{lang|fil|[[Filipino alphabet|'''b'''uto]]}} || {{IPA|[buto]}} || 'bone'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[French language|French]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Fougeron|Smith|1993|p=73}}</ref> || {{lang|fr|[[French orthography|'''b'''oue]]}} || {{IPA|[bu]}}|| 'mud'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Georgian language|Georgian]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Shosted & Chikovani|2006|p=255}}</ref> || {{lang|ka|[[Georgian alphabet|'''ბ'''ავშვი]]}}/ bavšvi ||{{IPA|[ˈbavʃvi]}}||'child'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[German language|German]] || {{lang|de|[[German orthography|a'''b'''er]]}} || {{Audio-IPA|De-aber.ogg|[ˈäːbɐ]|help=no}} || 'but' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Greek language|Greek]] || {{lang|el|[[Greek alphabet|'''μπ'''όχα]]}} / [[Romanization of Greek|'''b'''ócha]] || {{IPA|[ˈbo̞xa]}} || 'reek' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] || {{lang|gu|[[Gujarati alphabet|'''બ'''ક્રી]]}}/bakri ||{{IPA|[bəkri]}}|| 'goat'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] || {{lang|he|[[Hebrew alphabet|'''ב'''ית]]|rtl=yes}}/'''b'''áyit||{{IPA|[bajit]}} || 'house'
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]]
| [[Hindi]] 
| {{lang|hi|[[Devanāgarī|बाल]]}} / '''b'''āl
| rowspan="2" | {{IPA|[bäːl]}}
| rowspan="2" | 'hair' 
|-
| [[Urdu]]
| {{lang|ur|[[nasta'liq|بال]]|rtl=yes}} / '''b'''āl
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Italian language|Italian]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Rogers & d'Arcangeli|2004|p=117}}</ref> || {{lang|it|[[Italian alphabet|'''b'''ile]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbile]}}|| 'rage'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Japanese language|Japanese]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Okada|1999|p=117}}</ref> || {{lang|ja-Hani|[[kanji|番]]}} / {{lang|ja-Latn|[[Romanization of Japanese|'''b'''an]]}} || {{IPA|[baɴ]}}|| '(one's) turn'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Kabardian language|Kabardian]] || {{lang|kbd-Cyrl|[[Cyrillic script|'''б'''гъуы]]}}/bg"uy ||{{Audio-IPA|Ady-9.oga|[bʁʷə]}}|| 'nine'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Korean language|Korean]] || {{lang|ko|[[Hangul|지붕]]}} / {{lang|ko-Latn|[[Romanization of Korean|ji'''b'''ung]]}} || {{IPA|[t͡ɕibuŋ]}}|| 'roof' 
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Kurdish languages|Kurdish]]
|[[Kurmanji|Northern]]
|{{lang|ku|[[Kurdish alphabets|'''b'''av]]}}
|{{IPA|[bɑːv]}}
| rowspan="3" |'father'
|-
|[[Central Kurdish|Central]]
|{{lang|ku|[[Kurdish alphabets|باوک]]}}/bâwk
|{{IPA|[bɑːwk]}}
|-
|[[Southern Kurdish|Southern]]
|{{lang|ku|[[Kurdish alphabets|باوگ]]}}/bâwig
|{{IPA|[bɑːwɨg]}}
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Luxembourgish language|Luxembourgish]]{{sfnp|Gilles|Trouvain|2013|pp=67–68}} || {{lang|lb|ge'''b'''losen}} || {{IPA|[ɡ̊əˈbloːzən]}} || 'blown'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] || {{lang|mk|[[Macedonian alphabet|у'''б'''ав]]}}/ubav ||{{IPA|[ˈubav]}} || 'beautiful'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Malay language|Malay]] || {{lang|ms|[[Malay alphabet|'''b'''aru]]}} || {{IPA|[bäru]}}|| 'new'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Maltese language|Maltese]] || {{lang|ml|[[Maltese alphabet|għat'''b'''a]]}} || {{IPA|[aːtˈba]}}|| 'threshold'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Marathi language|Marathi]] || {{lang|mr|[[Devanagari|'''ब'''टाटा]]}} / '''''b'''aṭāṭā''||{{IPA|[bəˈʈaːʈaː]}}|| 'potato'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Nepali language|Nepali]] ||{{lang|Ne|[[Devanagari|'''बा'''टो]]}} / '''''b'''āṭo''||{{IPA|[bäʈo]}}|| 'path'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Norwegian language|Norwegian]] || {{lang|no|[[Norwegian alphabet|'''b'''ål]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbɔːl]}}|| 'bonfire'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Odia language|Odia]] || [[Odia script|'''ବା'''ର]]/'''b'''arô ||{{IPA|[bärɔ]}} || 'twelve' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Persian language|Persian]] || {{lang|fa|[[Persian orthography|خو'''ب''']]|rtl=yes}}/ xu''b''||{{IPA|[xub]}}|| 'good'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Pirahã language|Pirahã]] || {{lang|myp-Latn|pi'''b'''aóí}} || {{IPA|[ˈpìbàóí̯]}}||'parent'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Polish language|Polish]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Jassem|2003|p=103}}</ref> || {{lang|pl|[[Polish orthography|'''b'''as]]}} || {{Audio-IPA|Pl-bas.ogg|[bäs]}}|| 'bass'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Cruz-Ferreira|1995|p=91}}</ref> || {{lang|pt|[[Portuguese orthography|'''b'''ato]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbatu]}}|| 'I strike'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||[[Gurmukhi|ਬਿੱਲੀ]]/'''b'''illī||{{IPA|[bɪlːi]}}||'cat'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Romanian language|Romanian]]<ref>[[Dicţionarul explicativ al limbii române|DEX]] Online : [http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=b]</ref>||{{lang|ro|[[Romanian alphabet|'''b'''ou]]}} || {{IPA|[bow]}}|| 'bull'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Russian language|Russian]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Padgett|2003|p=42}}</ref> || {{lang|ru|[[Russian orthography|ры'''б'''а]]}}/ryba ||{{IPA|[ˈrɨbə]}} || 'fish'
|-
|colspan=2| [[Serbo-Croatian]]{{sfnp|Landau|Lončarić|Horga|Škarić|1999|p=66}} || {{lang|sh-Cyrl|[[Serbian Cyrillic alphabet|'''б'''иће]]}} / {{lang|sh-Latn|[[Gaj's Latin alphabet|'''b'''iće]]}} || {{IPA|[bǐːt͡ɕě]}} || 'creature' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Slovak language|Slovak]] || {{lang|sk|[[Slovak alphabet|'''b'''yť]]}} || {{IPA|[bi̞tɕ]}}|| 'to be'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Spanish language|Spanish]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Martínez-Celdrán|Fernández-Planas|Carrera-Sabaté|2003|p=255}}</ref> || {{lang|es|[[Spanish orthography|in'''v'''ertir]]}} || {{IPA|[ĩmbe̞ɾˈt̪iɾ]}}|| 'to invest'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Swedish language|Swedish]] || {{lang|sv|[[Swedish alphabet|'''b'''ra]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbɾɑː]}} || 'good'
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Thai language|Thai]] 
|{{Lang|th|[[Thai script|'''บ'''ำ'''บ'''ัด]]}}/'''''b'''am-'''b'''àt''
|[bam.bat̚]
|'therapy'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Turkish language|Turkish]] || {{lang|tr|[[Turkish alphabet|'''b'''ulut]]}} || {{IPA|[ˈbuɫut̪]}}|| 'cloud'
|-
|colspan="2"| [[Tyap language|Tyap]] || {{lang|kcg|'''b'''ai|italic=yes}} || {{IPA|[bai]}} || 'to come' 
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]{{sfnp|Danyenko|Vakulenko|1995|p=4}} ||{{lang|uk|[[Ukrainian alphabet|'''б'''рат]]}} / '''''b'''rat''|| {{IPA|[brɑt̪]}}|| 'brother'
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Welsh language|Welsh]]
|ma'''b'''
|[mɑːb]
|'son'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[West Frisian language|West Frisian]]|| {{lang|fy|'''b'''ak}} || {{IPA|[bak]}}|| 'tray'
|-
| colspan="2" | [[Yi language|Yi]] ||{{lang|ii|[[Yi script|ꁧ]]}} / {{lang|ii-Latn|'''bb'''o}} || {{IPA|[bo˧]}}|| 'mountain'
|-
| [[Zapotec language|Zapotec]]|| [[Tilquiapan Zapotec|Tilquiapan]]<ref>{{Harvcoltxt|Merrill|2008|p=108}}</ref>|| '''''b'''ald''|| {{IPA|[bald]}}|| 'few'
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

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