Voiceless labiodental stop
The voiceless labiodental stop is a consonant sound produced like a , but with the lower lip contacting the upper teeth, as in . This can be represented in the IPA as. A separate symbol not recognized by the IPA that is often seen, especially in Bantu linguistics, is the qp ligature.
The voiceless labiodental stop is possibly not phonemic in any language, though see the entry on Shubi. However, it does occur allophonically. The XiNkuna dialect of Tsonga has affricates, and , which unlike the bilabial-labiodental affricate of German, are purely labiodental.Features of the voiceless labiodental stop:Varieties
Occurrence
